Important Memory Error Fix for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 glibc Update
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March 13, 2026
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for glibc fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-0861: memalign: reinstate alignment overflow check (bsc#1256766) * CVE-2026-0915: resolv: Fix NSS DNS backend for getnetbyaddr (bsc#1256822) * CVE-2025-15281: posix: Reset wordexp_t fields with WRDE_REUSE (bsc#1257005) * CVE-2025-8058: posix: Fix double-free after allocation failure in regcomp (bsc#1246965) ## 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 High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-896=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1246965
* bsc#1256766
* bsc#1256822
* bsc#1257005
Cross-
* CVE-2025-15281
* CVE-2025-8058
* CVE-2026-0861
* CVE-2026-0915
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-15281 ( SUSE ): 6.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-15281 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-15281 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-8058 ( SUSE ): 5.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:H
* CVE-2025-8058 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
* CVE-2025-8058 ( NVD ): 5.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0896-1
Release Date: 2026-03-13T15:25:51Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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