Fedora 44 libinput Important Local Escalation Fix Advisory 2026-5e2446b30f
fedora
June 6, 2026
libinput 1.31.3, fixes a udev property inject via uinput devices that can lead to local privilege escalation
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 1.31.3, fixes a udev property inject via uinput devices that can lead to local privilege escalation
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Thu Jun 4 2026 Peter Hutterer
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-5e2446b30f
2026-06-06 01:02:02.289317+00:00
Name : libinput
Product : Fedora 44
Version : 1.31.3
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-2026-5e2446b30f' 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: 1.31.3
Release: 1.fc44
Summary: Input device library
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