Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:1505-1
Release Date:	2026-04-21T07:34:22Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1255066 bsc#1259859
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-40309 CVE-2026-23268
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-40309 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-40309 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-23268 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-23268 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-23268 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.65 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2025-40309: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix UAF on sco_conn_free (bsc#1255066).
• CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (bsc#1259859).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1505=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1512=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1507=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1512=1 SUSE-2026-1507=1 SUSE-2026-1505=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-13-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-13-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-13-150600.2.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-9-150600.2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-13-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-9-150600.2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-13-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-13-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-13-150600.2.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40309.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23268.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255066
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259859