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openSUSE dnsmasq Important Heap Overflow Issues ID 2026-21192-1

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE addressing three vulnerabilities in dnsmasq, improving system security and stability.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues

Update to 2.93:

- CVE-2026-12725: heap buffer overflow in `log_query()` when logging unsupported DS/DNSKEY replies (bsc#1268764).

Changes for dnsmasq:

* CVE-2026-12725, bsc#1268764: Heap buffer overflow in

`log_query()` when logging unsupported DS/DNSKEY replies.

* Fix a corner-case in DNSSEC validation with wildcards.

* Fix DNSSEC failure with spurious RRSIGs.

* Fix DNSSEC fail with CNAME replies to DS queries.

* Fix regression in 2.92 release which broke DHCPv6 when a DHCP

relay is in use.

* Modify the inotify implementation so that inotify watches are

only created after dnsmasq has changed permissions and userid.

* CVE-2026-2291: Rework storage allocation for domain names.

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0

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Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

dnsmasq-2.93-160000.1.1

dnsmasq-utils-2.93-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1268764

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12725.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2291.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6507.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21192-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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