Critical Fix for Race Condition in Fedora 42 Chromium CVE-2026-1220
fedora
January 28, 2026
Update to 144.0.7559.96 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8
Summary
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
Update Information:
Update to 144.0.7559.96 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Jan 21 2026 Than Ngo
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-78ff346bb0
2026-01-28 01:25:55.182855+00:00
Name : chromium
Product : Fedora 42
Version : 144.0.7559.96
Release : 1.fc42
URL : http://www.chromium.org/Home
Summary : A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use
Description :
Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink).
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-78ff346bb0' 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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Name: chromium
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 144.0.7559.96
Release: 1.fc42
Summary: A WebKit (Blink) powered web browser that Google doesn't want you to use
Topics Covered
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