From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libXi (SSA:2026-289-02)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:51:41 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] libXi (SSA:2026-289-02)

New libXi packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libXi-1.8.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XQueryDeviceState().
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 class parsing via size_classes()
and copy_classes().
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 class parser.
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 XIQueryDevice reply parsing.
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XListInputDevices().
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XListInputDevices() class parsing.
Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 enter/leave/focus cookie conversion.
libXi XGetDeviceControl Control Type Mismatch Heap Buffer Overflow.
libXi XGetDeviceControl DEVICE_ENABLE Heap Buffer Overflow.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003752.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93541
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93542
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93543
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93544
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93545
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94282
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109089
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109090
(* 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/libXi-1.8.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXi-1.8.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXi-1.8.4-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXi-1.8.4-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
83a3f754347facb55615250d11ad5f6e libXi-1.8.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
3faf3e134728796231bd2b08cf36bf82 libXi-1.8.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a3f998db98ffd2a9657c0b4bb5b194a6 x/libXi-1.8.4-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
867aa3f133a1bd971cdb3352666ab379 x/libXi-1.8.4-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libXi-1.8.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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