Bug 2435676
| Summary: | gdk-pixbuf2 update causes crashes | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Sammy <sait.a.umar> |
| Component: | gdk-pixbuf2 | Assignee: | Matthias Clasen <mclasen> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 43 | CC: | bgilbert, gnome-sig, jbicha, mcatanzaro, mclasen |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Regression |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | gdk-pixbuf2-2.44.6^really2.44.4-1.fc43 | Doc Type: | --- |
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| Last Closed: | 2026-04-24 00:55:06 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Sammy
2026-01-31 16:08:25 UTC
I remember this was an issue some time ago when support for certain bitmaps was no longer supported. However, a remedy was found or support was turned on in another package. Please address this issue because older X applications that use xpm etc do not function anymore. When gdk-pixbuf first disabled XPM support by default, Fedora moved the XPM loader to the gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra package, and packages that require XPM acquired a dependency on that package. 2.44.5 has now gained support for loading XPM securely through Glycin, but this requires a newer version of Glycin, and gdk-pixbuf does not fall back to the old loader if a new enough Glycin is not available. It seems this problem was anticipated [1] during upstream code review but the comment seems to have been missed. [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/merge_requests/255#note_2664574 glycin that does that is at 2.1beta. I am not experienced enough to turn on "extras" in glycin build and deal with dependencies in the spec file. I also found an article braggin about this: https://www.webpronews.com/gnome-glycin-adds-xpm-xbm-support-boosts-fedora-security/ This only affects updates-testing. This issue was caught before it reached Fedora 43 updates or even Fedora 44 & Rawhide. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b9910b0f84 The new version 2.44.6 also causes crashes (gkrellm) for the same reasons. Downgrading to 2.44.4 build resolves the problem. Please remove this build or build it with appropriate support if possible. Thanks! FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c (gdk-pixbuf2-2.44.6^really2.44.4-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates. FEDORA-2026-58dce16a4c (gdk-pixbuf2-2.44.6^really2.44.4-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report. |