Debian: DSA-5943-1 libblockdev local privilege escalation
debian
June 17, 2025
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) discovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability in libblockdev, a library for manipulating block devices
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Summary
Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at
https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt
Along with the libblockdev update, updated udisks2 packages are
released, to enforce that private mounts are mounted with
'nodev,nosuid'.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.28-2+deb12u1. The additional udisks2 hardening is applied in
version 2.9.4-4+deb12u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libblockdev packages.
For the detailed security status of libblockdev please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libblockdev
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libblockdev
CVE ID: CVE-2025-6019
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