Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:2839-1
Release Date:	2026-07-10T09:09:31Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1255416 bsc#1264610 bsc#1265421 bsc#1266214 bsc#1266969 bsc#1267205 bsc#1267531 bsc#1267684 bsc#1269100 bsc#1269574 bsc#1270059
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-68324 CVE-2026-43198 CVE-2026-45970 CVE-2026-46090 CVE-2026-46113 CVE-2026-46266 CVE-2026-46331 CVE-2026-52918 CVE-2026-53253 CVE-2026-53359
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-68324 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-43198 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-43198 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-43198 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-43198 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-45970 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-45970 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-45970 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46090 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46090 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46090 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46113 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVE-2026-46113 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46113 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46266 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46266 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46331 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46331 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-46331 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-52918 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-52918 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-52918 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-53253 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2026-53253 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2026-53359 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVE-2026-53359 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE

An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2025-68324: scsi: imm: Fix use-after-free bug caused by unfinished delayed work (bsc#1255416).
• CVE-2026-43198: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() (bsc#1264610).
• CVE-2026-45970: bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (bsc#1267205).
• CVE-2026-46090: ALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop (bsc#1267531).
• CVE-2026-46113: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (bsc#1266969).
• CVE-2026-46266: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP (bsc#1267684).
• CVE-2026-46331: net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache (bsc#1265421).
• CVE-2026-52918: Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access (bsc#1269100).
• CVE-2026-53253: Bluetooth: bnep: reject short frames before parsing (bsc#1269574).
• CVE-2026-53359: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (bsc#1270059).

Special Instructions and Notes:

• Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2026-2839=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2026-2839=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.213.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (noarch nosrc)
  • kernel-docs-3.0.101-108.213.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.213.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-debugsource-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.213.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch nosrc)
  • kernel-docs-3.0.101-108.213.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68324.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43198.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45970.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46090.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46113.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46266.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46331.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52918.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53253.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53359.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255416
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264610
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265421
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266214
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266969
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267205
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267531
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267684
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269100
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269574
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270059