From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] patch (SSA:2026-296-02)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:34:51 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] patch (SSA:2026-296-02)

New patch packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/patch-2.8.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Prevent creation of out-of-tree files.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115207
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/patch-2.8.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/patch-2.8.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/patch-2.8.1-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/patch-2.8.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
0dc31e5243be694df949ac7ace0bca36 patch-2.8.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
16aa88ea0ae717166ee2ba1d699cf26d patch-2.8.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
64524f251e48c606738bd726bcecf56f a/patch-2.8.1-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
326029610c679f70ee4f2e38bb0e591b a/patch-2.8.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg patch-2.8.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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