SUSE-SU-2026:21317-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-04-23 12:23 - Updated: 2026-04-23 12:23
Summary
Security update for glibc-livepatches
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for glibc-livepatches
Description of the patch: This update for glibc-livepatches fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-4046: Fixed assertion failure when converting inputs may be used to remotely crash an application (bsc#1261209) - Add support for live-patching the gconv modules sitting in glibc-locale-base or glibc-gconv-modules-extra packages. - Update json files for current glibc variants that support livepatching.
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-507
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Vendor Fix To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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