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SUSE glibc-livepatches Important Assertion Failure DoS 2026-1498-1

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update resolves critical issue in glibc-livepatches for SUSE. Effective safety procedures recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## 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). ## 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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE DoS important application crash glibc-livepatches

References

* bsc#1261209

Cross-

* CVE-2026-4046

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-4046 ( SUSE ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-4046 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-4046 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* 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
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE DoS important application crash glibc-livepatches

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