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<h1>Security update for the Linux Kernel</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:21463-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-05-02T07:27:55Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262573">bsc#1262573</a>
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</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html">CVE-2026-31431</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31431</span>
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(
SUSE
):
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<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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31431</span>
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(
NVD
):
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<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>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Micro 6.2</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues</p>
<p>The following security issues were 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:
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-666=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-default-base-6.12.0-160000.29.1.160000.2.9</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>kernel-devel-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-macros-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-source-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
<ul>
<li>kernel-default-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-default-devel-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-default-extra-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-default-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-default-debugsource-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-rt-livepatch-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-default-livepatch-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-rt-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-rt-debugsource-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-rt-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-rt-devel-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 nosrc)
<ul>
<li>kernel-64kb-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-64kb-debugsource-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-64kb-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
<li>kernel-64kb-devel-6.12.0-160000.29.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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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>
</li>
<li>
<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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