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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A006: libblockdev security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 10 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-06-20 Summary: libblockdev is a C library supporting GObject introspection for manipulation of block devices. It has a plugin-based architecture where each technology (like LVM, Btrfs, MD RAID, Swap,...) is implemented in a separate plugin, possibly with multiple implementations (e.g. using LVM CLI or the new LVM DBus API). Security Fix(es): * libblockdev: Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allow_active" user on a system may be able escalate to full root privileges on the target host. (CVE-2025-6019) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-A006.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A005: libblockdev security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-06-20 Summary: libblockdev is a C library supporting GObject introspection for manipulation of block devices. It has a plugin-based architecture where each technology (like LVM, Btrfs, MD RAID, Swap,...) is implemented in a separate plugin, possibly with multiple implementations (e.g. using LVM CLI or the new LVM DBus API). Security Fix(es): * libblockdev: Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allow_active" user on a system may be able escalate to full root privileges on the target host. (CVE-2025-6019) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-A005.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A004: libblockdev security update (Important)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2025-06-20 Summary: libblockdev is a C library supporting GObject introspection for manipulation of block devices. It has a plugin-based architecture where each technology (like LVM, Btrfs, MD RAID, Swap,...) is implemented in a separate plugin, possibly with multiple implementations (e.g. using LVM CLI or the new LVM DBus API). Security Fix(es): * libblockdev: Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allow_active" user on a system may be able escalate to full root privileges on the target host. (CVE-2025-6019) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-A004.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A002: open-vm-tools security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-06-20 Summary: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine (VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM. (CVE-2025-22247) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-A002.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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CFP for AlmaLinux Day: Vancouver ends THIS WEEKEND!
by benny Vasquez 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hey all! While we have been sharing information about this event in all the other places, I realised I hadn't shared it here yet. Aug 9th in Vancouver, CA we'll be hosting our fourth AlmaLinux Day, and this time we're including a traditional CFP - if you have a cool story to share about whatyou'e doing with AlmaLinux, we'd love to hear from you! Details about the event are here: https://almalinux.org/almalinux-day-vancouver-2025/ Submit to speak through sessionize: https://sessionize.com/almalinux-day-vancouver/ Register (for free!): https://events.almalinux.org/event/135/ Can’t wait to see you all at this incredible event. If you have any questions, come ask us in ~ald-vancouver on chat.almalinux.org. benny Vasquez Chair, Board of Directors @AlmaLinux OS Foundation *I am sending this message now because it suits me, but I don’t expect that you will read, respond to, or act on it outside of comfortable hours for your time zone.*

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A003: open-vm-tools security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 10 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-06-20 Summary: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine (VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM. (CVE-2025-22247) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-A003.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:A001: open-vm-tools security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-06-19 Summary: The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. Security Fix(es): * open-vm-tools:A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest virtual machine (VM) may tamper with the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM. (CVE-2025-22247) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-A001.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:9151: gvisor-tap-vsock security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 10 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-06-17 Summary: A replacement for libslirp and VPNKit, written in pure Go. It is based on the network stack of gVisor. Compared to libslirp, gvisor-tap-vsock brings a configurable DNS server and dynamic port forwarding. Security Fix(es): * net/[http:](http:) Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http (CVE-2025-22871) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-9151.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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[Security Advisory] ALSA-2025:9150: gvisor-tap-vsock security update (Moderate)
by AlmaLinux Errata Notifications 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 9 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2025-06-17 Summary: A replacement for libslirp and VPNKit, written in pure Go. It is based on the network stack of gVisor. Compared to libslirp, gvisor-tap-vsock brings a configurable DNS server and dynamic port forwarding. Security Fix(es): * net/[http:](http:) Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http (CVE-2025-22871) 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. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-9150.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team

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Call for Testing: Patches for CVE-2025-6019 libblockdev LPE
by Jonathan Wright 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Howdy all, Back again with another CVE fix. This time for CVE-2025-6019 in the libblockdev package which is a local privilege escalation vulnerability that can be used to allow an unprivileged user to gain root access. We've pushed patches into testing with the intent of pushing them to stable tomorrow, with errata to follow the stable release. Details are at https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-06-18-test-patches-for-cve-2025-6019/ -- Jonathan Wright AlmaLinux OS Foundation Mattermost: chat <https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/messages/@jonathan>

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