I saw 4 kernel-default packages in the update repo: http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/x86_64/kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.26.2.x86_64.rpm http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/x86_64/kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.33.1.x86_64.rpm http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/x86_64/kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.36.1.x86_64.rpm http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/x86_64/kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.41.1.x86_64.rpm Per your description, the issue happened after kernel upgrade in the VM. Maybe you can try those 4 kernels and see which one breaks the system?