SB2026100404 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 15 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7)
Published: October 4, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 20 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63994)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp() and iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6() when processing tunnel PMTU ICMP and ICMPv6 packet generation. A local user can trigger skb_cow() reallocation while stale network header pointers are still used to cause a denial of service.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74612)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information to userspace.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in veth_xdp_rcv_skb() when processing an skb after XDP fragment area adjustment. A local user can run an XDP program that shrinks the fragment area to disclose sensitive information to userspace.
The issue can expose skb metadata including fragment state and a kernel pointer, and was observed on the UDP receive path.
3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74394)
CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the immediate data length check in the RDMA/srpt subsystem when processing user-supplied immediate data received over the network. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted network request with an oversized length value to cause a denial of service.
The length field is user-controlled and may wrap the computed request size, bypassing the bounds check before a very large length is passed to sg_init_one().
4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68202)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the ALSA sequencer queue timer handling in snd_seq_timer_delete() and related queue destruction logic when accessing /dev/snd/seq and re-opening a queue timer during queue teardown. A local user can issue crafted sequencer operations to leave a timer instance live and trigger a dereference of freed queue memory to cause a denial of service.
No queue ownership is required.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68121)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause memory corruption.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in pppoe_sendmsg() when handling a blocked send while a non-Ethernet port is added to an empty team device. A local user can trigger skb head reallocation and subsequent writes through a stale PPPoE header pointer to cause memory corruption.
The issue occurs because device header callbacks may reallocate the skb head and invalidate saved pointers into it.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64189)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in ip_set_dump_do() and ip_set_dump_done() in the ipset netfilter subsystem when handling netlink dump operations concurrently with ip_set_list resizing. A local user can trigger concurrent netlink dump and set creation operations to cause a denial of service.
The issue can lead to a general protection fault and kernel panic.
7) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64121)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in ifb_get_ethtool_stats in the IFB network driver when handling ethtool statistics requests on a device with more RX queues than TX queues. A local user can request ethtool statistics for a crafted asymmetric IFB device to disclose sensitive information.
Exploitation requires an IFB device configuration where the RX queue count exceeds the TX queue count.
8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64114)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds access in the raw_send_hdrinc IPv4 packet handling in the Linux kernel when processing a malformed IP_HDRINCL packet with an IPv4 header length value less than 5. A local user can send a specially crafted packet through a raw socket to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires CAP_NET_RAW. Triggering the reproduced crash path also requires a matching xfrm AH policy on the outgoing route, and loopback does not reach the affected path.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64011)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in llcp_sock_release() when releasing an LLCP socket in connecting state. A local user can trigger socket release in that state to cause a denial of service.
10) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64000)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in supervision frame handling in net/hsr/hsr_forward.c when processing truncated supervision frames. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted frame to cause a denial of service.
11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46116)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in __xfrm_state_delete when deleting xfrm_state list entries during xfrm_state lifecycle handling. A local user can trigger repeated deletion of the same xfrm_state object to cause a denial of service.
The issue was reproduced under syzkaller load during network namespace cleanup in the xfrm subsystem.
12) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63971)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in sctp_wait_for_connect() in the SCTP socket implementation when waiting for an association to reach established state while another thread peels off the association to a new socket. A local user can trigger association migration during this window to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires concurrent access from another thread while the socket lock is dropped and re-acquired.
13) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63944)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in hci_le_create_cis_sync in the Bluetooth HCI synchronization logic when processing concurrent Bluetooth connection state changes during LE Create CIS handling. A local user can trigger a concurrent disconnect to cause a denial of service.
The stale pointer is dereferenced after both rcu_read_lock() and hci_dev_lock(hdev) are released, and the queued cancellation path does not match the pending work item because it is queued with NULL data but dequeued with the connection pointer.
14) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63921)
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to redirect packets across network namespaces.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in vti6_siocdevprivate() in the IPv6 VTI tunnel handling code when processing SIOCCHGTUNNEL requests on a migrated tunnel. A local user can supply tunnel parameters that collide with a tunnel in the creation namespace to redirect packets across network namespaces.
Exploitation is reachable from an unprivileged user namespace and can have cross-tenant scope on container hosts.
15) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63920)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in ip6_datagram_recv_specific_ctl() when processing IPv6 extension headers for recvmsg control messages after the hdrlen field is modified. A local user can use an nftables payload-write expression to corrupt the extension header length and trigger copying beyond the available header data to disclose sensitive information.
Exploitation is reachable from an unprivileged user namespace.
16) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63917)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the vti6 tunnel handling code in net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c when changing the configuration of a vti6 device after moving it across network namespaces. A local user can move a vti6 device between namespaces and then change its link parameters to cause a denial of service.
The issue is reachable from an unprivileged user namespace and may have cross-tenant impact on container hosts.
17) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63912)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the ESP out-of-place fast path in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c when processing packet data with a combined aligned data length and trailer length exceeding a page. A local user can trigger this condition to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6 ESP processing paths.
18) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63888)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() when processing Text PDUs with DataDigest enabled. A remote user can send a specially crafted text request to cause a denial of service.
The issue is triggered when DataDigest is negotiated for the connection.
19) Double free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63888)
CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a double free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() when handling a Text PDU with a bad DataDigest on connections using ErrorRecoveryLevel greater than 0. A remote user can send a specially crafted text request to cause a denial of service.
On hardened kernels the flaw can trigger a remote kernel BUG(), while on non-hardened kernels it can corrupt the slab freelist. A follow-up Text Request on the same ITT or session teardown can free the same pointer again.
20) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63802)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in __blkcg_rstat_flush() when releasing multiple blkgs in the same blkcg concurrently. A local user can trigger concurrent blkg release operations to cause a denial of service.
The race occurs when one blkg removes another blkg's iostat entries via llist_del_all() while the other blkg is still being processed.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.