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## The SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 and Micro 6.1 kernel was updated to fix various security issues: The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2024-57841: net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request() (bsc#1269731). * CVE-2025-68214: timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync() (bsc#1255225). * CVE-2025-71075: scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in device removal path (bsc#1256629). * CVE-2026-31392: smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option (bsc#1261788). * CVE-2026-31418: netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del (bsc#1262073). * CVE-2026-31531: ipv4: nexthop: allocate skb dynamically in rtm_get_nexthop() (bsc#1263004). * CVE-2026-31557: nvmet: move async event work off nvmet-wq (bsc#1263061).
## The SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 and Micro 6.1 kernel was updated to fix various security issues: The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2024-57841: net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request() (bsc#1269731). * CVE-2025-68214: timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync() (bsc#1255225). * CVE-2025-71075: scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in device removal path (bsc#1256629). * CVE-2026-31392: smb: client: fix krb5 mount with username option (bsc#1261788). * CVE-2026-31418: netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del (bsc#1262073). * CVE-2026-31531: ipv4: nexthop: allocate skb dynamically in rtm_get_nexthop() (bsc#1263004). * CVE-2026-31557: nvmet: move async event work off nvmet-wq (bsc#1263061).
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:23490-1 Release Date: 2026-09-08T13:00:49Z Rating: important
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