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openSUSE: CVE-2025-14104 Moderate Heap Overread Vulnerability 2026:0117-1

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An openSUSE security advisory for util-linux addresses a moderate heap overread vulnerability with recommended fixes.
An update that solves one vulnerability and contains one feature can now be installed.

Description

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-14104: Fixed heap buffer overread in setpwnam() when processing

256-byte usernames (bsc#1254666).

* lscpu: Add support for NVIDIA Olympus arm64 core (jsc#PED-13682).

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 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-117=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-117=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-117=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* util-linux-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libblkid1-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libsmartcols1-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libuuid1-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libmount1-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libmount1-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libsmartcols1-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-systemd-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-systemd-debugsource-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-debugsource-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libfdisk1-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libblkid1-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libuuid1-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-systemd-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* libfdisk1-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (s390x)

* util-linux-extra-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-extra-debuginfo-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libblkid-devel-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

* util-linux-2.37.4-150500.9.20.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1254666

* jsc#PED-13682

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14104.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254666

* https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13682

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0117-1
Release Date: 2026-01-13T04:33:44Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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