From: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Cc: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] attr: Update to version 2.6.0
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 17:38:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260704153849.3586287-3-adolf.belka@ipfire.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260704153849.3586287-1-adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
- Update from version 2.5.2 to 2.6.0
- Update rootfile
- 1 CVE fix
- Changelog
2.6.0
- Security fixes for CVE-2026-54371:
- Fix symlink traversal privilege escalation vulnerability in getfattr and
setfattr
- Harden getfattr to properly handle symlinks with -h/--no-dereference option
- Harden setfattr --restore with new -P/--physical option for safe restoring
- Add warnings for potentially unsafe restore operations (can be disabled
with the --disable-unsafe-restore-warnings configure option)
- New extended attribute system call support:
- Add wrappers for new xattrat() system calls (getxattrat, setxattrat,
listxattrat, removexattrat) introduced in kernel 6.13
- Add backwards compatibility layer for older systems without xattrat()
support
- Add openat2() syscall wrapper support for enhanced security (kernel 5.6+)
- Code improvements and fixes:
- Add new walk_tree helper, remove old implementation
- Fix multiple memory management issues in attr_copy_* functions
- Fix race conditions in listxattr and lgetxattr operations
- Fix buffer overflow and use-after-free bugs in setfattr --restore
- Remove dead code and improve compiler warning handling
- Add visibility attribute support for better library symbol management
- Build system and compatibility:
- Improve test suite for SELinux environments
- Add License variable to pkg-config file
- Fix various compiler warnings with -Wall, -Wextra, -Wmissing-prototypes
- Add missing header includes and mark local functions static
- Translation updates:
- Update the German translation
- Configuration updates:
- Remove obsolete system.nfs4acl entry from xattr.conf
- Add configure option --disable-unsafe-restore-warnings
Signed-off-by: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
---
config/rootfiles/common/attr | 3 +--
lfs/attr | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/attr b/config/rootfiles/common/attr
index 73f8e9500..4307e1dd0 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/attr
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/attr
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
usr/bin/attr
usr/bin/getfattr
usr/bin/setfattr
-#usr/etc
#usr/etc/xattr.conf
#usr/include/attr
#usr/include/attr/attributes.h
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ usr/bin/setfattr
#usr/lib/libattr.la
#usr/lib/libattr.so
usr/lib/libattr.so.1
-usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.2502
+usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.2600
#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libattr.pc
#usr/share/doc/attr
#usr/share/doc/attr/CHANGES
diff --git a/lfs/attr b/lfs/attr
index 8a85b109e..2c005d7b3 100644
--- a/lfs/attr
+++ b/lfs/attr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
###############################################################################
# #
# IPFire.org - A linux based firewall #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2024 IPFire Team <info@ipfire.org> #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026 IPFire Team <info@ipfire.org> #
# #
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify #
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
include Config
-VER = 2.5.2
+VER = 2.6.0
THISAPP = attr-$(VER)
DL_FILE = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
$(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = cf26348c3a96622e4f62493ac7655e14b6580d36a5784ef4c3750178856eceabd33192fd58516be21c8aa1ad41d56c024ad440ef4bc922bed8f7a4984ea16c63
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 10e36188a11344e1cc1dd7d0bcc8724a62bfc945799755cff6a54fff6c6d7e306596628fca4f882e84a156cf2ea790a1a8411599819de4e60b0a21dc3b400d64
install : $(TARGET)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-04 15:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-04 15:38 [PATCH 1/6] acl: Update to version 2.4.0 Adolf Belka
2026-07-04 15:38 ` [PATCH 2/6] core204: Ship acl Adolf Belka
2026-07-04 15:38 ` Adolf Belka [this message]
2026-07-04 15:38 ` [PATCH 4/6] core203: Ship attr Adolf Belka
2026-07-04 15:38 ` [PATCH 5/6] tar: Avoid acl_ prefixes for functions Adolf Belka
2026-07-04 15:38 ` [PATCH 6/6] core204: Ship tar Adolf Belka
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