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authorJohn Kehayias <john@guixotic.coop>2026-02-20 01:16:13 -0500
committerJohn Kehayias <john@guixotic.coop>2026-02-20 01:16:13 -0500
commit4d1291eaaabc6ff440fa1e76e0c9160fd8a3c21a (patch)
tree0d77281cec98d55e5f4b3e699428842d84175cf2 /etc
parentd659fe8666c4bc38fcbdbe7b7a35101f2d7cc41b (diff)
news: Announce potential security issue in glibc package.
* etc/news.scm: Add entry. Change-Id: Iea4883d83cae7dee937d46d534cfa8dad17b1028
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@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
(channel-news
(version 0)
+ (entry (commit "d659fe8666c4bc38fcbdbe7b7a35101f2d7cc41b")
+ (title
+ (en "Potential security vulnerability in glibc"))
+ (body
+ (en "Guix adds the environment variable @code{GUIX_LOCPATH} to glibc,
+however it was not added to potentially unsafe variables to be unset in
+privileged environments. A CVE number is pending for this issue. This has
+been fixed with a graft to glibc and users should update all profiles,
+reconfigure their system, and reboot.")))
+
(entry (commit "6d4cb99a15da7f4fd55f956c55f4f4aacfcc7742")
(title
(en "@code{%desktop-services} now includes GDM on AArch64")