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SUSE Linux Micro virtiofsd Important Stack Exhaustion Threat CVE-2026-25727

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important update for virtiofsd addresses a stack exhaustion issue with CVE-2026-25727 for SUSE users.
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: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-359=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * virtiofsd-1.12.0-160000.3.1 * virtiofsd-debuginfo-1.12.0-160000.3.1 * virtiofsd-debugsource-1.12.0-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important stack exhaustion virtiofsd cve-2026-25727

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:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25727.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257912

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20684-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T14:24:28Z
Rating: important

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