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🛡️ ALSA-2026:1852 — libblkid (CVE-2025-14104)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Moderate: util-linux security update

The util-linux packages contain a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, these include the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.

Security Fix(es):

  • util-linux: util-linux: Heap buffer overread in setpwnam() when processing 256-byte usernames (CVE-2025-14104)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected software

ALSA-2026:1852 is recorded against 14 packages.

  • libblkid (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libblkid-devel (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libfdisk (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libfdisk-devel (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libmount (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libmount-devel (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libsmartcols (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libsmartcols-devel (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libuuid (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • libuuid-devel (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • python3-libmount (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • util-linux (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • util-linux-user (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)
  • uuidd (fixed in 2.32.1-48.el8_10)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 February 2026 and last revised on 13 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

libblkid has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-02-03
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-13
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libblkid 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libblkid-devel 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libfdisk 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libfdisk-devel 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libmount 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libmount-devel 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libsmartcols 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libsmartcols-devel 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libuuid 2.32.1-48.el8_10
libuuid-devel 2.32.1-48.el8_10
python3-libmount 2.32.1-48.el8_10
util-linux 2.32.1-48.el8_10
util-linux-user 2.32.1-48.el8_10
uuidd 2.32.1-48.el8_10

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