Bug 2537267

Summary: Fedora bundles intel-mediasdk despite EOL and known security issues
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tavi <tavi>
Component: intel-mediasdkAssignee: Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 44CC: ali.koroglu, dominik, multimedia-sig
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Description Tavi 2026-09-20 19:40:26 UTC
Please remove it.

Per their readme:

> DISCONTINUATION OF PROJECT.
> This project will no longer be maintained by Intel.
> This project has been identified as having known security escapes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. download fedora 44 workstation
2. install it or try live
Actual Results:
see intel-mediasdk installed

Expected Results:
not see intel-mediasdk installed

Additional Information:
The newer/maintained library is intel-vpl-gpu-rt afaict

Comment 1 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2026-09-21 13:00:11 UTC
I believe you can simply uninstall it from your system. It is still useful for older Intel GPUs.