Security update for virtiofsd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0816-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T09:51:05Z
Rating: important
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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:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-816=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-816=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-816=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-816=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • virtiofsd-debugsource-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
    • virtiofsd-debuginfo-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
    • virtiofsd-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • virtiofsd-debuginfo-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
    • virtiofsd-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • virtiofsd-debuginfo-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1
    • virtiofsd-1.10.1-150600.4.6.1

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