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SUSE virtiofsd Key Stack Overflow Resolution 2026-0819-2

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE update addresses important issue in virtiofsd related to stack exhaustion from input parsing.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for virtiofsd fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-25727: time: parsing of user-provided input by the RFC 2822 date parser can lead to stack exhaustion (bsc#1257912). ## 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: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-819=1 ## Package List: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * virtiofsd-debuginfo-1.12.0-150700.3.3.1 * virtiofsd-1.12.0-150700.3.3.1 * virtiofsd-debugsource-1.12.0-150700.3.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important stack exhaustion virtiofsd Time parsing

References

* bsc#1257912

Cross-

* CVE-2026-25727

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-25727 ( 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-2026-25727 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-25727 ( NVD ): 6.8

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

* CVE-2026-25727 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0819-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T10:49:51Z
Rating: important

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security advisory SuSE important stack exhaustion virtiofsd Time parsing

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