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openSUSE Leap 15.6 glibc-livepatches Key Denial of Service CVE-2026-4046

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
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An important security update for openSUSE addressing a critical issue with glibc-livepatches, preventing application crashes.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-4046: assertion failure when converting inputs may be used to

remotely crash an application (bsc#1261209).

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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-2026-1498=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1498=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* glibc-livepatches-debugsource-0.4-150600.8.5.1

* glibc-livepatches-debuginfo-0.4-150600.8.5.1

* glibc-livepatches-0.4-150600.8.5.1

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

* glibc-livepatches-0.4-150600.8.5.1

References

* bsc#1261209

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4046.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261209

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1498-1
Release Date: 2026-04-20T16:16:20Z
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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