[ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.41.3

From: Karel Zak

Date: Mon Dec 15 2025 - 10:02:36 EST



The util-linux release v2.41.3 is now available at

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.41

This release addresses build issues with GCC 15 (C23) and fixes
CVE-2025-14104.

Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed.

Karel



util-linux 2.41.3 Release Notes
===============================

bash-completion:
- (mount) add missing options (by Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo)
- add lsfd (by Karel Zak)
- add blkpr (by Karel Zak)
- add bits to dist tarball (by Karel Zak)

dmesg:
- fix const qualifier warnings in parse_callerid (by Karel Zak)

eject:
- fix const qualifier warning in read_speed (by Karel Zak)

enosys:
- fix const qualifier warning in parse_block (by Karel Zak)

libblkid:
- fix const qualifier warning in blkid_parse_tag_string (by Karel Zak)
- use snprintf() instead of sprintf() (by Karel Zak)

libfdisk:
- (dos) fix off-by-one in maximum last sector calculation (by Karel Zak)

liblastlog2:
- fix operator precedence in conditional assignments (by Karel Zak)

lib, lscpu:
- fix const qualifier discarded warnings in bsearch (by Karel Zak)

libmount:
- fix const qualifier warning in mnt_parse_mountinfo_line (by Karel Zak)
- fix const qualifier warnings for C23 (by Karel Zak)

logger:
- fix const qualifier warnings for C23 (by Karel Zak)

login-utils:
- fix setpwnam() buffer use [CVE-2025-14104] (by Karel Zak)

losetup:
- sort 'O' correctly for the mutual-exclusive check to work (by Benno Schulenberg)

lscpu:
- use maximum CPU speed from DMI, avoid duplicate version string (by Karel Zak)
- Add a few missing Arm CPU identifiers (by Jonathan Thackray)

lsfd:
- fix memory leak related to stat_error_class (by Masatake YAMATO)
- (bugfix) use PRIu32 for prining lport of netlink socket (by Masatake YAMATO)
- fix const qualifier warning in strnrstr (by Karel Zak)
- fix const qualifier warning in new_counter_spec (by Karel Zak)
- fix bsearch macro usage with glibc C23 (by Cristian Rodríguez)

lsns:
- fix const qualifier warnings for C23 (by Karel Zak)

namei:
- fix const qualifier warning in readlink_to_namei (by Karel Zak)

partx:
- fix const qualifier warning in get_max_partno (by Karel Zak)

po:
- update sr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Мирослав Николић)

po-man:
- merge changes (by Karel Zak)
- update sr.po (from translationproject.org) (by Мирослав Николић)

umount:
- consider helper return status for success message (by Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo)

wdctl:
- remove -d option leftover (by Munehisa Kamata)

whereis:
- fix const qualifier warnings for C23 (by Karel Zak)

Misc:
- Fix memory leak in setpwnam() (by yao zhang)


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Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com