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Fedora 42: Important Advisory on Memory Leak in checkpointctl Tool

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora Update Alert FEDORA-2025-bce8dabe22 tackles an issue with memory management in checkpointctl, categorized as a high priority.
Add python3-click build dependency Update to upstream version 1.4.0

Summary

The checkpointctl command can be used for in-depth analysis of

container checkpoints created with Podman and Kubernetes.

Update Information:

Add python3-click build dependency Update to upstream version 1.4.0

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important memory leak checkpointctl python3-click

Change Log

* Wed Sep 3 2025 Radostin Stoyanov - 1.4.0-2 - Add python3-click build dependency * Wed Sep 3 2025 Mikel Olasagasti Uranga - 1.4.0-1 - Adopt Go Vendor Tools * Mon Sep 1 2025 Radostin Stoyanov - 1:1.4.0-1 - Update to upstream version 1.4.0 * Fri Aug 15 2025 Maxwell G - 1:1.3.0-6 - Rebuild for golang-1.25.0 * Fri Aug 15 2025 Maxwell G - 1:1.3.0-5 - Revert "Rebuild for golang-1.25.0" * Fri Aug 15 2025 Maxwell G - 1:1.3.0-4 - Rebuild for golang-1.25.0 * Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 1:1.3.0-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 1:1.3.0-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild * Sat Nov 2 2024 Radostin Stoyanov - 1:1.3.0-1 - Update to upstream version 1.3.0 * Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 1:1.2.0-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild * Mon Jun 17 2024 Radostin Stoyanov - 1:1.2.0-1 - Update to upstream version 1.2.0 * Sun Feb 11 2024 Maxwell G - 1:1.1.0-2 - Rebuild for golang 1.22.0 * Mon Jan 29 2024 Radostin Stoyanov - 1:1.1.0-1 - Initial import (fedora#2259838).

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2391649 - CVE-2025-58058 checkpointctl: github.com/ulikunitz/xz leaks memory [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391649

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-ba1dacf88c' 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: checkpointctl
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 1.4.0
Release: 2.fc42
URL: https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl
Summary: A command-line tool for in-depth analysis of container checkpoints

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security advisory fedora important memory leak checkpointctl python3-click

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