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Posted on 19 June 2025
Slackware Security[slackware-security] libblockdev (SSA:2025-169-01)
New libblockdev packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libblockdev-2.30-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Don't allow suid and dev set on filesystem resize.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6019
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libblockdev-2.30-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libblockdev-2.30-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/libblockdev-3.3.1-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/libblockdev-3.3.1-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
6f7f51c245a986f869f099948f541703 libblockdev-2.30-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
a9231f212cb78c9a5a412a8aaaef43a0 libblockdev-2.30-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
2c3040671e4e650d084de70c7857117f a/libblockdev-3.3.1-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c85db5ff275350034365261ce0208db4 a/libblockdev-3.3.1-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libblockdev-2.30-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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