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openSUSE 15.5 qemu Major Continuous Resource Drain DoS SUSE-SU-2026-0889-6

suse
Calendar Grey March 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Install the latest SUSE update to address a moderate issue with qemu related to unbounded allocations.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for qemu fixes the following issue: * CVE-2025-14876: qemu-kvm: Unbounded allocation in virtio-crypto (bsc#1255400). ## 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: * Server Applications Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2026-889=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-889=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-889=1 ## Package List: * Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch) * qemu-sgabios-8-150500.49.39.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * qemu-block-dmg-debuginfo-7.1.0-150500.49.39.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS QEMU OpenSUSE unbounded allocation

References

* bsc#1255400

Cross-

* CVE-2025-14876

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-14876 ( 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-2025-14876 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-14876 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* Server Applications Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14876.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255400

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0889-1
Release Date: 2026-03-13T07:58:56Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS QEMU OpenSUSE unbounded allocation

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