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An updated grub2 bootloader package has been released for Fedora Linux 39:

Fedora 39 Update: grub2-2.06-118.fc39




Fedora 39 Update: grub2-2.06-118.fc39


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-097eb22907
2024-03-11 01:36:04.155025
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Name : grub2
Product : Fedora 39
Version : 2.06
Release : 118.fc39
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Summary : Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more
Description :

The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and
customizable bootloader with modular architecture. It supports a rich
variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures and
hardware devices.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2024-1048
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Feb 7 2024 Nicolas Frayer [nfrayer@redhat.com] - 2.06-118
- fs/xfs: Re-applied the XFS directory extent parsing patch
- Resolves: #2259266
* Wed Feb 7 2024 Nicolas Frayer [nfrayer@redhat.com] - 2.06-117
- grub-set-bootflag: Fix for CVE-2024-1048
- (CVE-2024-1048)
- Resolves: #2256678
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2256827 - CVE-2024-1048 grub2: grub2-set-bootflag can be abused by local (pseudo-)users
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256827
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-097eb22907' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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