Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 85 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3820-1
Release Date: 2026-08-26T11:06:09Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-52956 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-52956 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-53224 ( 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-2026-53224 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-53224 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-53246 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-53246 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-53246 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-64600 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2026-64600 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-64600 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.320 fixes various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-40204,CVE-2026-53224,CVE-2026-53246: sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing (bsc#1253437 bsc#1270023 bsc#1270024).
  • CVE-2026-52956: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt() (bsc#1272139).
  • CVE-2026-64600: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK (RefluXFS) (bsc#1271543).

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 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2026-3820=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_320-default-2-2.1

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