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Bug 2133385

Summary: uuidd returns time-based UUIDs when asked for random UUIDs.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Karel Zak <kzak>
Component: util-linuxAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Radka Brychtova <rskvaril>
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Last Closed: 2023-05-09 08:26:21 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Karel Zak 2022-10-10 07:52:54 UTC
Upstream commit f27876f (in v2.38) inadvertently changed __uuid_generate_random to __uuid_generate_time. So now uuidd generates time-based UUIDs when asked for random-based ones.

Fixed by upstream commit: http://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/b408a291d39e9b637f6104eb4e1f8e60816421e2

Note that uuidd is mostly used to generate time-based UUID, so this bug is probably a minor issue (and libuuid and uuidgen(1) do not use uuidd as a backend for random UUIDs).

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 08:26:21 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (util-linux bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2581