🛡️ SUSE-SU-2026:21144-1 — systemd (CVE-2026-4105 +1 more)
Description
Security update for systemd
This update for systemd fixes the following issues:
Update to systemd v257.13:
Security 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: local root execution via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output (bsc#1259697).
Non security issues:
- Avoid shipping (empty) directories and ghost files in /var (jsc#PED-14853).
- Sign systemd-boot EFI binary on aarch64 (bsc#1258344)
- terminal-util: stop doing 0/upper bound check in tty_is_vc() (bsc#1255326)
Changelog:
- 6941d92dc2 machined: reject invalid class types when registering machines (bsc#1259650 CVE-2026-4105)
- 03bb697b8d udev: check for invalid chars in various fields received from the kernel (bsc#1259697)
- 54588d2ded core: validate input cgroup path more prudently (bsc#1259418 CVE-2026-29111)
- fb9d92682b terminal-util: stop doing 0/upper bound check in tty_is_vc() (bsc#1255326)
For a complete list of changes, visit:
https://github.com/openSUSE/systemd/compare/3c53ef3ea20bd43ef587cbdfa7107aeb1ef55654...d349fc5cd4f9ee2b7884c2610647e92806d14b28
Affected software
SUSE-SU-2026:21144-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- systemd (fixed in 257.13-160000.1.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 7 April 2026 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| systemd | — | 257.13-160000.1.1 |
References
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