Comment # 5 on bug 1165790 from Takashi Iwai

(In reply to Suse User from comment #4)
> > You can use the newer kernel version from OBS Kernel:stable or Kernel:HEAD repo, too.
> 
> What is the difference between the two please? Also could you provide links
> to the particular repos (just in case, so I don't make any mistake and use
> the wrong one).

The former is based on the upstream stable branch (currently 5.5.y) while the
latter is based on the latest Linus tree (currently 5.6-rc).

You can get the former from
  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/

Guess for the latter by yourself.

> > Leap 15.1 kernel version is fixed long long time ago, and won't be newer.
> 
> Why is that? Is it not anti-security not to keep kernel up to date (or at
> least to back port fixes from newer versions)?

The *VERSION* is fixed.  You're using openSUSE Leap, and that's different from
Tumbleweed, which is the rolling release.