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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Polkit Moderate OOM Condition Fix SUSE-SU-2026-21032-1

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update addresses a moderate issue in polkit, fixing possible OOM condition in SUSE Linux Micro 6.1.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for polkit fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-4897: Fixed possible OOM condition via specially crafted input to `polkit-agent-helper-1` (bsc#1260859). ## 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-6.1-472=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * polkit-121-slfo.1.1_3.1 * libpolkit-agent-1-0-debuginfo-121-slfo.1.1_3.1 * libpolkit-gobject-1-0-debuginfo-121-slfo.1.1_3.1 * libpolkit-gobject-1-0-121-slfo.1.1_3.1 * polkit-debugsource-121-slfo.1.1_3.1 * libpolkit-agent-1-0-121-slfo.1.1_3.1

References

* bsc#1260859

Cross-

* CVE-2026-4897

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-4897 ( 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-2026-4897 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-4897 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2026-4897.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260859

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21032-1
Release Date: 2026-04-07T11:36:42Z
Rating: moderate

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