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openSUSE alsa Moderate Memory Corruption Vulnerability 2026-2885-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 13, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security update for alsa addresses a moderate severity issue with potential memory corruption. Update recommended for openSUSE users.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for alsa fixes the following issue

* CVE-2026-56109: crafted ALSA configuration text with nested blocks can cause

a double-free and memory corruption (bsc#1268853).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update memory corruption OpenSUSE ALSA

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 Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2885=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2885=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2885=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-2885=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-2885=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libasound2-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-debugsource-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libasound2-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libasound2-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-debugsource-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libasound2-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* alsa-debugsource-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libasound2-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libasound2-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-devel-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libasound2-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libatopology2-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-topology-devel-32bit-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* alsa-devel-32bit-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libatopology2-32bit-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* libasound2-32bit-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le x86_64)

* libatopology2-debuginfo-1.2.6.1-150400.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1268853

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56109.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268853

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2885-1
Release Date: 2026-07-13T10:02:46Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update memory corruption OpenSUSE ALSA

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