RHSA-2026:37468
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-07-10 00:17 - Updated: 2026-10-16 11:25A 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 processing loop, resulting in excessive CPU consumption and making the utility unresponsive, requiring manual termination.
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:patch-0:2.8-4.2.hum1@aarch64 | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:patch-0:2.8-4.2.hum1@src | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:patch-0:2.8-4.2.hum1@x86_64 | — |
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