<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for cpupower</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:24408-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-22T16:03:55Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278335">bsc#1278335</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80663.html">CVE-2026-80663</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-80663</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-80663</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-80663</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Micro 6.2</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for cpupower fixes the following issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-80663: tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (bsc#1278335).</li>
</ul>
<p>Changes for cpupower:</p>
<ul>
<li>intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open (git-fixes, bsc#1278335, CVE-2026-80663)</li>
<li>turbostat: Fix microcode patch level output for AMD/Hygon (git-fixes)</li>
<li>cpupower: Reset errno before strtoull() (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>intel-speed-select: Fix file descriptor leak in isolate_cpus() (git-fixes)</li>
<li>cpupower: Fix incorrect size in cpuidle_state_disable() (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>cpupower: fix error return value in cpupower_write_sysfs() (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>cpufreq: Fix a bug where the -t option of the set subcommand was not working (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>turbostat: Clustered Uncore MHz counters should honor show/hide options (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>turbostat: Handle non-root legacy-uncore sysfs permissions (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>turbostat: Handle cap_get_proc() ENOSYS (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>turbostat: Fix build with musl (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>cpupower: Fix the snapshot-order of tsc,mperf, clock in mperf_stop() (stable-fixes)</li>
<li>power turbostat: Fix bogus SysWatt for forked program (git-fixes)</li>
<li>cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure (stable-fixes)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-1959</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libcpupower1-6.12.0-160000.3.1</li>
<li>libcpupower1-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.3.1</li>
<li>cpupower-debugsource-6.12.0-160000.3.1</li>
<li>cpupower-6.12.0-160000.3.1</li>
<li>cpupower-debuginfo-6.12.0-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80663.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80663.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278335">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278335</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>