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openSUSE Leap 15.6 smc-tools Moderate DoS Fix SUSE-SU-2026-1422-1

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for openSUSE smc-tools addresses moderate risk of local denial of service due to predictable /tmp file.
An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for smc-tools fixes the following issue:

Update to smc-tools v1.8.7:

* predictable /tmp file allows for local denial of service (bsc#1230052).

Changelog:

Update to v1.8.7:

* smc_rnics: fix regression when PFT not available

* smcd/smcr: prevent DoS on statistics workfile present in /tmp/

Update to v1.8.6:

* man pages: Update man page for smc_pnet

* smc-tools: Display sndbuf/RMB stats only if supported by the kernel

Update to v1.8.5:

* smc_rnics: Add support for Network Express RNIC in smc_rnics

* smc_rnics: Add PFT and VF columns to smc_rnics output

* libnetlink..: Fix function declaration to use a void prototype

* smc_rnics: Update smc_chk to extract PNetID from column 9

* man pages: Update man page for --rawids option and PFT and VF columns

* smc_rnics: Fix missing PPrt values in smc_rnics -r output

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service software update OpenSUSE smc-tools

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1422=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1422=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1422=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (s390x)

* smc-tools-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-debugsource-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-completion-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* smc-tools-debuginfo-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-debugsource-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-completion-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

* smc-tools-1.8.7-150600.3.6.1

References

* bsc#1230052

## References:

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230052

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1422-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T07:21:34Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service software update OpenSUSE smc-tools

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