Fedora alert FEDORA-2026-71a5fbb962 (kbd)
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| Subject: | [SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: kbd-2.9.0-4.fc44 | |
| Date: | Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:20:10 +0000 | |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-71a5fbb962 2026-08-31 17:15:07.781842+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : kbd Product : Fedora 44 Version : 2.9.0 Release : 4.fc44 URL : http://www.kbd-project.org/ Summary : Tools for configuring the console (keyboard, virtual terminals, etc.) Description : The kbd package contains tools for managing a Linux system's console's behavior, including the keyboard, the screen fonts, the virtual terminals and font files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix openvt -u process matching to be more conservative (CVE-2026-72693) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Aug 27 2026 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek@redhat.com> - 2.9.0-4 - Fix openvt -u process matching to be more conservative (CVE-2026-72693) Resolves: #2513795 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2462115 - CVE-2026-72693 kbd: Local privilege escalation in openvt via incorrect process owner verification allowing passwordless root login https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-71a5fbb962' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgr... All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-cond... List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann... Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new