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Ubuntu 24 Wayland Input Handling Major Security Patch 2023-78c9e217d14

fedora
Calendar Grey April 25, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This update for libinput on Fedora 44 resolves Lua plugin sandbox escape issues. Stay secure with latest patches!
libinput 1.31.1, fixes Lua plugin sandbox escape (CVE-2026-35093, CVE-2026-35094)

Summary

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other

applications that need to directly deal with input devices.

It provides device detection, device handling, input device event processing

and abstraction so minimize the amount of custom input code the user of

libinput need to provide the common set of functionality that users expect.

Update Information:

libinput 1.31.1, fixes Lua plugin sandbox escape (CVE-2026-35093, CVE-2026-35094)

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora software patch important sandbox escape libinput

Change Log

* Thu Apr 2 2026 Peter Hutterer - 1.31.1-1 - libinput 1.31.1 (CVE-2026-35093, CVE-2026-35094)

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-56fa441129 2026-04-25 01:21:36.171702+00:00 Name : libinput Product : Fedora 44 Version : 1.31.1 Release : 1.fc44 URL : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/ Summary : Input device library Description : libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices. It provides device detection, device handling, input device event processing and abstraction so minimize the amount of custom input code the user of libinput need to provide the common set of functionality that users expect.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-56fa441129' 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: libinput
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 1.31.1
Release: 1.fc44
URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Summary: Input device library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora software patch important sandbox escape libinput

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