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SUSE: qemu Important Network Vulnerability Fix 2026:0039-1 CVE-2024-6505

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE released a security update for qemu addressing important vulnerabilities with fixes for network issues and potential denial of service. Install now.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for qemu fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-6505: qemu-kvm: virtio-net: Fixed queue index out-of-bounds access in software RSS (bsc#1227397) * CVE-2025-12464: net: pad packets to minimum length in qemu_receive_packet() (bsc#1253002) * CVE-2025-11234: qemu-kvm: Fixed use-after-free in websocket handshake code leading to denial of service (bsc#1250984) Other fixes: \- Fixed *-virtio-gpu-pci dependency on ARM (bsc#1254286) \- block/curl: Fixed curl internal handles handling (bsc#1252768) ## 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 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-39=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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security advisory denial of service SuSE important QEMU network issue

References

* bsc#1227397

* bsc#1250984

* bsc#1252768

* bsc#1253002

* bsc#1254286

Cross-

* CVE-2024-6505

* CVE-2025-11234

* CVE-2025-12464

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-6505 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-6505 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-6505 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-11234 ( 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-2025-11234 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-11234 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-12464 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0039-1
Release Date: 2026-01-06T10:31:24Z
Rating: important

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