SUSE-SU-2026:22651-1 Security update for patch

This update for patch fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-56288: crafted unified-diff patch file can cause null pointer derefence bsc1271167. - CVE-2026-56289: improper validation of hunk line offsets can lead to denial of service bsc1271166...

SUSE CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

CVE-2026-56289 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in GNU patch

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...

CVE-2026-56289

GNU patch is vulnerable to a denial of service DoS due to improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input. A specially crafted patch can specify an extremely large line number, causing the application to enter an effectively infinite processing loop...