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Slackware 15.0 crucially updates to fix root vulnerability in haveged

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Upgrade haveged packages on Slackware 15.0 to fix a critical security issue leading to a root exploit.
New haveged packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/haveged-1.9.21-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Missing exit out of permission check could lead to root exploit. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41054 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important slackware root exploit haveged

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/haveged-1.9.21-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/haveged-1.9.21-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/haveged-1.9.21-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/haveged-1.9.21-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 52b3d83fd7bb87f72c70ea684fda742a haveged-1.9.21-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: e194704a599fa910d1ae1302161399a0 haveged-1.9.21-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 728cdda335ad68b7bdeca62356433d73 a/haveged-1.9.21-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 1a38ed250a1b4a8105ba15dbfdd7d58e a/haveged-1.9.21-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important slackware root exploit haveged

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg haveged-1.9.21-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then, restart the daemon: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.haveged restart

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