diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
index 738bec038d..a9675d53b4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ SECTION = "utils"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/patch/patch-${PV}.tar.gz \
-	   file://CVE-2026-56289.patch"
+	   file://CVE-2026-56289.patch \
+	   file://CVE-2026-56288.patch"
+
 
 S = "${UNPACKDIR}/patch-${PV}"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/CVE-2026-56288.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/CVE-2026-56288.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7219f5a3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch/CVE-2026-56288.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+From 101a805510356092a6d2a864bb18d440fec57f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:05:02 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Avoid null pointer derefence with bad hunks
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Problem reported by Michał Majchrowicz.
+* src/pch.c (another_hunk): Keep chars_read positive
+even with malformed hunks.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-56288
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=e6d6a4e021660679d7fc9150f981d4920f722313]
+
+(cherry picked from commit e6d6a4e021660679d7fc9150f981d4920f722313)
+Signed-off-by: Hetvi Thakar <hthakar@cisco.com>
+---
+ src/pch.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/pch.c b/src/pch.c
+index d9f5c61..41150fe 100644
+--- a/src/pch.c
++++ b/src/pch.c
+@@ -1694,7 +1694,8 @@ another_hunk (enum diff difftype, bool rev)
+ 		    p_end = filldst-1;
+ 		    malformed ();
+ 		}
+-		chars_read -= fillsrc == p_ptrn_lines && incomplete_line ();
++		chars_read -= (1 < chars_read && fillsrc == p_ptrn_lines
++			       && incomplete_line ());
+ 		p_Char[fillsrc] = ch;
+ 		p_line[fillsrc] = s;
+ 		p_len[fillsrc++] = chars_read;
+@@ -1711,7 +1712,8 @@ another_hunk (enum diff difftype, bool rev)
+ 		    malformed ();
+ 		}
+ 		context++;
+-		chars_read -= fillsrc == p_ptrn_lines && incomplete_line ();
++		chars_read -= (1 < chars_read && fillsrc == p_ptrn_lines
++			       && incomplete_line ());
+ 		p_Char[fillsrc] = ch;
+ 		p_line[fillsrc] = s;
+ 		p_len[fillsrc++] = chars_read;
+@@ -1725,7 +1727,8 @@ another_hunk (enum diff difftype, bool rev)
+ 		    p_end = fillsrc-1;
+ 		    malformed ();
+ 		}
+-		chars_read -= filldst == p_end && incomplete_line ();
++		chars_read -= (1 < chars_read && filldst == p_end
++			       && incomplete_line ());
+ 		p_Char[filldst] = ch;
+ 		p_line[filldst] = s;
+ 		p_len[filldst++] = chars_read;
+@@ -1808,7 +1811,8 @@ another_hunk (enum diff difftype, bool rev)
+ 	      fatal (("'<' followed by space or tab expected"
+ 		      " at line %td of patch"),
+ 		     p_input_line);
+-	    chars_read -= 2 + (i == p_ptrn_lines && incomplete_line ());
++	    chars_read -= 2 + (3 < chars_read && i == p_ptrn_lines
++			       && incomplete_line ());
+ 	    p_len[i] = chars_read;
+ 	    p_line[i] = savebuf (patchbuf + 2, chars_read);
+ 	    p_Char[i] = '-';
+@@ -1833,7 +1837,8 @@ another_hunk (enum diff difftype, bool rev)
+ 	      fatal (("'>' followed by space or tab expected"
+ 		      " at line %td of patch"),
+ 		     p_input_line);
+-	    chars_read -= 2 + (i == p_end && incomplete_line ());
++	    chars_read -= 2 + (3 < chars_read && i == p_end
++			       && incomplete_line ());
+ 	    p_len[i] = chars_read;
+ 	    p_line[i] = savebuf (patchbuf + 2, chars_read);
+ 	    p_Char[i] = '+';