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High RHSA-2026:98630 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: util-linux security update

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 24

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libblkid 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libblkid-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libblkid-devel 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libfdisk 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libfdisk-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libfdisk-devel 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libmount 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libmount-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libmount-devel 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libsmartcols 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libsmartcols-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libsmartcols-devel 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libuuid 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libuuid-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 libuuid-devel 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 python3-libmount 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 python3-libmount-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 util-linux 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 util-linux-core 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 util-linux-core-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 util-linux-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 util-linux-debugsource 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 uuidd 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.3 uuidd-debuginfo 0:2.40.2-24.el10_3.24

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.0
    CVE-2026-53615

    util-linux libblkid DOS extended-partition overflow produces invalid partition metadata

    util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Before util-linux 2.41.4, `parse_dos_extended()` in `libblkid/src/partitions/dos.c` computes an extended-partition start sector with 32-bit addition and does not apply the extended-area bounds checks to th…

    util-linux util-linux util-linux util-linux Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552551
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_98630.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53615
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53615
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53615
  • article
    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/05c2dbadf34cc74192287f377904afaaf4061623
  • article
    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/a2d858176b609ab5b8535021a3af9cd302d23d31
  • article
    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/e9d544d013267ea86b70ee8ff78abd280e6641af
  • article
    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/releases/tag/v2.41.4
  • article
    https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-h4rw-gv36-wmp5