SUSE-SU-2026:0990-1: important: Security update for systemd

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# Security update for systemd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0990-1  
Release Date: 2026-03-24T07:22:54Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1259418
  * bsc#1259650
  * bsc#1259697

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2026-29111
  * CVE-2026-4105

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2026-29111 ( SUSE ):  6.8
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-29111 ( SUSE ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-29111 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-4105 ( SUSE ):  7.3
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-4105 ( SUSE ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-4105 ( NVD ):  6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for systemd fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2026-4105: privilege escalation due to improper access control in
    RegisterMachine D-Bus method (bsc#1259650).
  * CVE-2026-29111: local unprivileged user can trigger an assert in systemd
    (bsc#1259418).
  * udev: check for invalid chars in various fields received from the kernel
    (bsc#1259697).

Changelog:

  * 566517ffcb machined: reject invalid class types when registering machines
  * abbdd89d78 udev: fix review mixup
  * c9cedd26be udev-builtin-net-id: print cescaped bad attributes
  * c0f4ec3db9 udev: ensure tag parsing stays within bounds
  * 38afcb73cc udev: ensure there is space for trailing NUL before calling
    sprintf
  * a64247de62 udev: check for invalid chars in various fields received from the
    kernel
  * ecce32966e core/cgroup: avoid one unnecessary strjoina()
  * 6abd2b5bd2 core: validate input cgroup path more prudently
  * 2d7d93d6c1 alloc-util: add strdupa_safe() + strndupa_safe() and use it
    everywhere

## Special Instructions and Notes:

  * Please reboot the system after installing this update.

## 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 15.3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-990=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-990=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-990=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * udev-mini-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-sysvinit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-mini1-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-mini-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-doc-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-mini-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-myhostname-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-debugsource-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-myhostname-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-resolve-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-network-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-sysvinit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-mini1-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debugsource-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * udev-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-devel-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-coredump-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * udev-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-portable-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-resolve-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-devel-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-portable-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-container-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-systemd-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * udev-mini-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-coredump-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-devel-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-mini-container-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-logger-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-network-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-mini-devel-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-systemd-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    * libudev1-32bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-32bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-32bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-32bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-myhostname-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-devel-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-myhostname-32bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-32bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    * systemd-lang-246.16-150300.7.65.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32)
    * nss-myhostname-64bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-64bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-mymachines-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-64bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-64bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * nss-myhostname-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev-devel-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-64bit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-64bit-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * udev-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-sysvinit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debugsource-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * udev-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * udev-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-sysvinit-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libudev1-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-debugsource-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * udev-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * libsystemd0-246.16-150300.7.65.1
    * systemd-container-debuginfo-246.16-150300.7.65.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29111.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4105.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259418
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259650
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259697

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