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openSUSE Leap 15.6 glibc-livepatches Important Fix for CVE-2026-0861

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Security update for openSUSE fixes critical memory overflow issue in glibc-livepatches. Immediate action required.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-0861: Fixed that inadequate size check in the memalign suite may

result in an integer overflow (bsc#1256913)

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-499=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-499=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* glibc-livepatches-debugsource-0.3-150600.8.2.1

* glibc-livepatches-0.3-150600.8.2.1

* glibc-livepatches-debuginfo-0.3-150600.8.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* glibc-livepatches-0.3-150600.8.2.1

References

* bsc#1256913

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0861.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256913

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0499-1
Release Date: 2026-02-13T11:42:17Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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