Bug 2502821

Summary:	CVE-2026-16211 allegro5: Ralph: Race condition leads to incorrect hostname allocation [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ganesh <gnaik>
Component:	allegro5	Assignee:	Hans de Goede <hans>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Ganesh 2026-07-20 14:24:04 UTC

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A vulnerability was determined in allegro up to bcf65b994ef29fb3fc2e10b660e6288723d5209e. This impacts the function AssetLastHostname.increment_hostname of the file src/ralph/assets/models/assets.py of the component Hostname Allocation Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument counter can lead to race condition. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitability is said to be difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Comment 1 Artur Frenszek-Iwicki 2026-07-20 14:45:25 UTC

The allegro5 Fedora Linux package contains the Allegro game programming library:
https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5

Whereas the CVE is about a bug in the "Ralph" library, maintained by Allegro, a Polish tech company:
https://github.com/allegro/ralph/issues/3950

Apart from the name clash, there is nothing linking the two projects.
Closing as NOTABUG.