Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1676-1
Release Date: 2026-05-02T07:19:34Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-31431 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-31431 ( 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 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to fix one security issue

The following security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2026-31431: The copy.fail security issue is fixed by revert to operating out-of-place in algif_aead (bsc#1262573).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1676=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • dlm-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kselftests-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-optional-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-extra-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-syms-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-livepatch-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.130.1

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