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...

patch: GNU patch: Denial of Service via crafted unified-diff input

A flaw was found in GNU patch. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service DoS by supplying a specially crafted patch file. The improper validation of hunk single block of changes in diff line offsets in unified-diff input can lead to an effectively infinite processin...

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...