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SUSE Linux Micro glibc livepatches Moderate Remote Crash CVE-2026-4046

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases security advisory for glibc-livepatches fixing moderate issues. Update recommended to prevent remote crashes.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-4046: Fixed assertion failure when converting inputs may be used to remotely crash an application (bsc#1261209) * Add support for live-patching the gconv modules sitting in glibc-locale-base or glibc-gconv-modules-extra packages. * Update json files for current glibc variants that support livepatching. ## 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 Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-507=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (x86_64) * glibc-livepatches-debugsource-0.4-slfo.1.1_1.1 * glibc-livepatches-0.4-slfo.1.1_1.1

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:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21317-1
Release Date: 2026-04-23T12:23:23Z
Rating: moderate

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