SUSE-RU-2026:23655-1: moderate: Recommended update for libguestfs

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# Recommended update for libguestfs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:23655-1  
Release Date: 2026-09-06T17:06:11Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1266992
  * bsc#1271261
  * jsc#PED-12706

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that contains one feature and has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for libguestfs fixes the following issues:

Changes in libguestfs:

  * Update to version 1.56.2 bug fix release (jsc#PED-12706):
    * generator:
      * Allow StringList(Pathname) parameters
      * Implement StringList for OCaml functions
    * daemon: sysroot:
      * Avoid copying the path every time we call sysroot ()
      * Avoid double-/ when creating sysroot paths in OCaml
    * docs: Fix dead ntfs-3g doc links
    * appliance/init: Add lsblk and blkid output to verbose log
    * daemon: Add contents of /etc/fstab to verbose log
    * lib: libvirt:
      * Sleep before retrying virDomainDestroyFlags
      * Debug error from virDomainDestroyFlags
    * appliance: Ignore sit0 network device in the guest
    * Additional upstream bug fixes:
      * Fix btrfs volume reverse translation
      * Fix const correctness in strrchr
    * Fix: network does not work when running guestfish as interpreter (bsc#1266992):
      * Add --with-default-backend=libvirt to configure in spec file
    * Fix: building libguestfs fails if go is present locally libguestfs.spec (bsc#1271261)

## 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:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1620

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1620

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * libguestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-debugsource-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-1_0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-devel-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfsd-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-typelib-Guestfs-1_0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rescue-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * python3-libguestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rsync-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-xfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-appliance-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * python3-libguestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * perl-Sys-Guestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-devel-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rescue-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfsd-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-1_0-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-winsupport-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs0-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * libguestfs-man-pages-uk-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-man-pages-ja-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-bash-completion-1.56.2-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libguestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-debugsource-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-1_0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-devel-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfsd-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-typelib-Guestfs-1_0-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rescue-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * python3-libguestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rsync-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-xfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-appliance-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * python3-libguestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * perl-Sys-Guestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-devel-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-rescue-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfsd-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-gobject-1_0-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-winsupport-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs0-debuginfo-1.56.2-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * libguestfs-man-pages-uk-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-man-pages-ja-1.56.2-160000.1.1
    * libguestfs-bash-completion-1.56.2-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266992
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271261
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-12706

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