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Fedora 44 PackageKit Critical Race Condition Root Compromise Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical fix for race condition vulnerability in Fedora 44 PackageKit, addressing potential root compromises.
Backport fix for race condition leading to root compromise (GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv)

Summary

PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user

to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro,

cross-architecture API.

Update Information:

Backport fix for race condition leading to root compromise (GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv)

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Topics Covered

ROOT security advisory fedora important race condition PackageKit

Change Log

* Wed Apr 22 2026 Neal Gompa - 1.3.4-3 - Actually apply patch for security fix * Wed Apr 22 2026 Neal Gompa - 1.3.4-2 - Backport fix for GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2460579 - Local Privilege escalation: Run code as root due to race condition in PackageKit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460579

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-6c121b3d4c' 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: PackageKit
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 1.3.4
Release: 3.fc44
URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
Summary: Package management service

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Topics Covered

ROOT security advisory fedora important race condition PackageKit

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