<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for the Linux Kernel</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:1671-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-05-02T06:01:09Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262573">bsc#1262573</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html">CVE-2026-31431</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31431</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31431</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix one security issue</p>
<p>The following security issue was fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-31431: The copy.fail security issue is fixed by revert to operating out-of-place in algif_aead (bsc#1262573).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Please reboot the system after installing this update.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1671=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2026-1671=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1671=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1671=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1671=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)
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<li>kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1</li>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
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<li>kernel-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1</li>
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<li>kernel-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1</li>
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</li>
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<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
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<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262573">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262573</a>
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