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Fedora 42: luksmeta Update CVE-2025

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 16, 2025

LUKSMeta is a command line utility for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume. Update Information : New upstream release v10 Fix: CVE-2025-11568

LUKSMeta is a command line utility for storing small portions of metadata in

the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

New upstream release v10 Fix: CVE-2025-11568

* Fri Oct 31 2025 Sergio Correia - 10-1 - New upstream release v10

[ 1 ] Bug #2404247 - CVE-2025-11568 luksmeta: Data corruption when handling LUKS1 partitions with luksmeta [fedora-42]

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-457000540a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Fedora LUKSMeta Update Addresses CVE-2025-11568 Vulnerability Fedora has released updates for the LUKSMeta utility to address CVE-2025-11568, a vulnerability affecting the storage of metadata in the LUKSv1 header. The updates include a new upstream release v10, which was made available on October 31, 2025, by developer Sergio Correia. 2 sources 25

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CVE-2025-11568