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systemd: Fix of CVE-2026-29111

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2026-29111: validate the control group path in the GetUnitByControlGroup D-Bus method, rejecting non-absolute or non-normalized input to prevent stack exhaustion from an oversized, attacker-controlled string - Skip the test-fs-util symlink touch_file check when the build kernel does not support chmod() on a symlink (-EOPNOTSUPP), so the build's test phase no longer aborts during the package build

Products
systemd, systemd-container, systemd-devel, systemd-journal-remote, systemd-libs, systemd-pam, systemd-tests, systemd-udev
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6
CVEs
CVE-2026-29111
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

systemd: Fix of CVE-2026-29111

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jul 2026, 13:33 UTC

- CVE-2026-29111: validate the control group path in the GetUnitByControlGroup D-Bus method, rejecting non-absolute or non-normalized input to prevent stack exhaustion from an oversized, attacker-controlled string - Skip the test-fs-util symlink touch_file check when the build kernel does not support chmod() on a symlink (-EOPNOTSUPP), so the build's test phase no longer aborts during the package build

osv:CLSA-2026-1784813597

systemd

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-container

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-devel

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-journal-remote

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-libs

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-pam

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-tests

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

systemd-udev

Fixed versions: 239-45.el8_4.3.tuxcare.els6

Complete source record
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