Comment # 12 on bug 1209436 from Larry Rainey

for those that want to remove the bad kernel - here is a script to remove and
lock the kernel - run as root or add sudo to the commands.

zypper rm -y kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.49.3
zypper al kernel-default kernel-default-extra kernel-default-optional
zypper ll
cd /boot
rm initrd
rm vmlinuz
ln -s initrd-5.14.21-150400.24.46-default initrd
ln -s vmlinuz-5.14.21-150400.24.46-default vmlinuz
ls -la /boot


to undo

zypper rl kernel-default kernel-default-extra kernel-default-optional
zypper ll