[ALSA-2026:54571] Important: dracut security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-08-14
Description:
The dracut packages contain an event-driven initial RAM file system (initramfs) generator infrastructure based on the udev device manager. The virtual file system, initramfs, is loaded together with the kernel at boot time and initializes the system, so it can read and boot from the root partition. Security Fix(es): * dracut: dracut: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency hook script in die() (CVE-2026-15816) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 dracut-live-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm 643f72b3b39431407635b9446286afb382f3ddba211a48a645f71c57194e8caa
aarch64 dracut-config-rescue-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm 64436a96dca4899a62e0d64c0312d174ee31fd32774a496fb8be05ed8976dfd7
aarch64 dracut-network-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm 9f94c59e0ded766f772d4d71812e2667250949ba9d109a8c5e285b932f464e94
aarch64 dracut-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm a82f0e8f2c0810118439cf1d5b1847d3a2084e243cc282190cc2a8db199a2aa7
aarch64 dracut-caps-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm d16e067f463fd75ebc44da9ea6bb364fb6dd32bb74a5575ccb0d6c9206494ecb
aarch64 dracut-squash-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm dd2adf74b6e8953c5b1dae3edc89252ab11c02c324d7f5f87681414e0df4ffa4
aarch64 dracut-tools-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm f6d1e939152ecb0e3b8742a062e4a51d8ab539df3ef1872b9bf5f5413b5ad9ec
aarch64 dracut-config-generic-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.aarch64.rpm f8bdbad625548810b26893ce6d1eaa9729fc9f73894842f81bb809b7527d8f7e
ppc64le dracut-tools-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 02bb08a02016f62f18f75c17a016e8fe5ea80a0ef3cf3e82abe4f598115f2188
ppc64le dracut-live-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 1c683e949b6cc18c34fe37ecab6354ae79cd9aa9ecfe2cfcfd806f9ddbdfcec3
ppc64le dracut-squash-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 1d164c2fb04e6e342833fd2dd490923d2f42cb8fad13260316f45c6b5eb6ed8d
ppc64le dracut-config-generic-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 328c069dbbe016fe5649d3a09a4bb2c4bf979f93c3cee855341889b91bd93ac1
ppc64le dracut-config-rescue-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 35b3550f38d8a4f6eb3dadfb6216b2985fb6111fe567665dc1eda50142fd4967
ppc64le dracut-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm 96f00360f7c26afd75b151d90d20b62d905f6e0e5fec75ffb02be5590b28505c
ppc64le dracut-caps-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm d24c906411dff94aadf37e192dd10f40bac770912c203a5609890c089b211c4f
ppc64le dracut-network-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.ppc64le.rpm f7e8a3dd855c92f3815ba38b8200c9dc58e2b4f9ec1572ce2996f0f9a4f0103b
s390x dracut-config-rescue-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm 31221141f2e089eeebf4bae7db69c97e50f2a69a8f00e3ab3b41b42f2671adc6
s390x dracut-caps-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm 3408b089a754d0cbf307305264297915ceec79ee0fc1bdb88b83049bf19da02a
s390x dracut-live-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm 4d89456c8be63b664e85c35d3c61082382d2a835a85e598a78f6732d2af53783
s390x dracut-tools-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm 892b57715365c5d7ca4ad64efe5bf40e2f94f1dd7b85c0f40dcfee44108f29f6
s390x dracut-squash-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm 9e3041a2971031052485ab5e9db4a9b3857bec7f4d71e3d927927def3e4c8cfa
s390x dracut-config-generic-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm b21a67be3a8ff87e2f8960ab5d8eb9a6377f1a3612968544d4bcee2addd2c8e5
s390x dracut-network-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm c0d4f8f909734c5a08b92155f55fc88fb415e9bfb5c3efcec089e5d8213dc136
s390x dracut-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.s390x.rpm d4466e5d63ea4c0074e0a9805053bef178aba724af43aaf50e2645ba801ed42d
x86_64 dracut-caps-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 1b0121c16f61c806cb6f52da5d412948904413544b1e3c9c45ed1e8bee45252c
x86_64 dracut-tools-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 4c198f85590485f31b6997705d467b72445c53c6f0b7655f826b53600f828278
x86_64 dracut-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 67f190db9dcd4ad359f16e099eec505b1e645f22b59462b402a09a4605ad0fd4
x86_64 dracut-squash-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 6e627691d2d4a82b9d4cefa92417320930b46083e16bc6b6d32bee2965538f83
x86_64 dracut-config-generic-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 7879133556ba05d495b1c21307b521eaff8c1928a670a56e003ee496b694ae31
x86_64 dracut-network-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm 825c0c8bd10fee9d509e1205cead6c0a0140309d69344b6901bb4b27bea097bd
x86_64 dracut-live-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm bf5096db8804644196e676789316f42fd78e5c983b8beaddb1138dee4f59d315
x86_64 dracut-config-rescue-057-120.git20260728.el9_8.x86_64.rpm ffb63275ccbe8a1ca1f1979e0f7692c28dedab3b15a81aa34b4e583c309ef7d2
Notes:
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