ELSA-2026-2720: Security update for 20 packages

ELSA-2026-2720, released February 16, 2026, fixes 3 CVEs across 20 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0042

36th percentile

Priority of the 3 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 3
                                Routine 0

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
bpftool	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-abi-stablelists	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-core	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-cross-headers	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-debug	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-debug-core	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-debug-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-debug-modules	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-debug-modules-extra	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-doc	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-headers	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-modules	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-modules-extra	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-tools	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-tools-libs	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
kernel-tools-libs-devel	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
perf	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
python3-perf	ol 8	0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2025-40168	smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().	8.1	0.0042	None reported
High	CVE-2023-53762	kernel-default: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues wer...	8.8	0.0025	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40304	fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds	7.8	0.0014	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2025-40168

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1
dtb-aarch64, kernel-64kb, kernel-default and 9 more on opensuse-leap 16.0
SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
kernel-64kb, kernel-default, kernel-default-base and 6 more on sles 16.0
SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1
kernel-azure, kernel-source-azure, kernel-syms-azure on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4516-1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_7 on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
kernel-64kb, kernel-default, kernel-default-base and 6 more on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_18, kernel-rt, kernel-rt_debug and 2 more on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6
SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1
kernel-azure, kernel-source-azure, kernel-syms-azure on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6
SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
dtb-aarch64, kernel-64kb, kernel-debug and 10 more on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-2720.html

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