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openSUSE 15.6 Minor Update CVE-2021-45261 Advisory 2026-0781-1

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2026
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Update for CVE-2021-45261 on openSUSE 15.6 addresses a low severity issue to enhance system security capabilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for patch fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2021-45261: Clear range of pointers before they are used/freed

(bsc#1194037).

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch low OpenSUSE cve-2021-45261 clear pointer

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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-781=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-781=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* patch-debugsource-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

* patch-debuginfo-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

* patch-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* patch-debugsource-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

* patch-debuginfo-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

* patch-2.7.6-150000.5.9.1

References

* bsc#1194037

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45261.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194037

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0781-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T13:28:12Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch low OpenSUSE cve-2021-45261 clear pointer

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