util-linux
miscellaneous system utilities
Binary packages in oldstable
| Architecture | Version | Section | Installed size |
|---|---|---|---|
| amd64 | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 4,978 kB |
| arm64 | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 7,910 kB |
| armel | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 4,240 kB |
| armhf | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 3,408 kB |
| i386 | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 5,058 kB |
| mips64el | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 8,423 kB |
| mipsel | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 7,431 kB |
| ppc64el | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 8,492 kB |
| s390x | 2.38.1-5+deb12u3 | utils | 4,906 kB |
Description
miscellaneous system utilities
Dependencies amd64
- Depends
- util-linux-extra
- Pre-Depends
- libblkid1 (>= 2.37.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libmount1 (>= 2.38), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsmartcols1 (>= 2.38), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), libudev1 (>= 183), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
- Recommends
- sensible-utils
- Suggests
- dosfstools, kbd, util-linux-locales
Source package
- Name
- util-linux
- Version
- 2.38.1-5+deb12u3
- Maintainer
- util-linux packagers
- Homepage
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
- Repository
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/util-linux
Bugs (97 open)
Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.
- #1141665 important util-linux: dmesg fails to read big messages from /dev/kmsg on bugs.debian.org pending by Lukasz Stelmach reported updated fixed-upstream
- #1133079 important libblkid: blkid incorrectly identifies xfs filesystem as crypto_luks on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Timo Sigurdsson reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreampatchupstream
- #1129313 important util-linux: CVE-2026-3184 on bugs.debian.org pending against src:util-linux by Salvatore Bonaccorso reported updated securityupstream
- #1055776 important mount 2.39 breaks remounting of FUSE and overlayfs on bugs.debian.org pending by Jakob Haufe reported updated upstream
- #872635 important util-linux: FTBFS on armel: test failure on bugs.debian.org forwarded against src:util-linux by Cyril Brulebois reported updated forwarded to lists.debian.org ftbfs
- #807071 important bsdutils: script(1) missing on kfreebsd, hurd on bugs.debian.org forwarded against bsdutils by Thorsten Glaser reported updated forwarded to github.com helpupstream
- #735926 important util-linux: agetty doesnt read terminfo file spec'd on start correctly on bugs.debian.org pending by Robert Johnson reported updated helpupstream
- #1147641 normal Missing configuration file /etc/pam.d/remote on bugs.debian.org pending against login by Brad Cowie reported updated
- #1147211 normal util-linux >2.42 breaks squashfs-mount on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Florent 'Skia' Jacquet reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstream
- #1142023 normal util-linux: Please add to the list of changes the fact that pam su-l configuration does not include su on bugs.debian.org pending by Enrique Garcia reported updated
- #1139212 normal openssh-server: pam_lastlog2(sshd:session): SQL error: database is locked on bugs.debian.org forwarded against libpam-lastlog2 by Francesco Potortì reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstream
- #1138601 normal su: unexpectedly asks for the password again after Ctri+D ver 2.41 on bugs.debian.org pending by Alexander Ermakov reported updated moreinfo
- #1138529 normal libpam-lastlog2 complains about locked database on busy machine on bugs.debian.org forwarded against libpam-lastlog2 by Patrik Schindler reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstream
- #1135834 normal util-linux: drop AF_ALG support on bugs.debian.org forwarded against src:util-linux by Chris Hofstädtler reported updated forwarded to github.com moreinfosecurity
- #1135681 normal --force gets ignored on bugs.debian.org forwarded against fdisk by Philipp Marek reported updated forwarded to github.com upstream
- #1130245 normal util-linux-extra: sg does not add target group to supplementary group list on bugs.debian.org pending against util-linux-extra by Adam Bolte reported updated
- #1125684 normal bsdutils: wall(1) man page contains obsolete information on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdutils by Vincent Lefevre reported updated
- #1123892 normal fdisk/libfdisk1: GPT: wrong first and last usable LBAs with non default partition table locations on bugs.debian.org forwarded against libfdisk1 by Pascal Hambourg reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstream
- #1117604 normal login breaks on Debian 13 - does not prompt for username or password on bugs.debian.org forwarded against login by Sahil Narain reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstreamwontfix
- #1116325 normal udev: /home UUID un-available at boot causing boot to fail on bugs.debian.org forwarded against libblkid1 by Henrik Morsing reported updated forwarded to github.com helpupstream
- #1116324 normal udev: /home UUID un-available at boot causing boot to fail on bugs.debian.org forwarded against libblkid1 by Henrik Morsing reported updated forwarded to github.com helpupstream
- #1115259 normal bsdutils: The wall command as in bsdutils/Trixie does not work on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdutils by Subhashis Roy reported updated wontfix
- #1114516 normal mount: umount unexpectedly ignores -t (--types) argument if -a (--all) is not specified on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Jurij Smakov reported updated upstream
- #1111651 normal login: instant logout after upgrade to trixie on bugs.debian.org forwarded against login by Marc Lehmann reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstreamwontfix
- #1111147 normal util-linux-extra: obsolete conffiles /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh, /etc/default/hwclock on bugs.debian.org pending by Sean Whitton reported updated help
- #1098727 normal util-linux-locales [INTL:de] or manpages-de: misleading reference in man fallocate in German translation on bugs.debian.org pending against util-linux-locales by hede reported updated upstream
- #1096072 normal *fdisk verify should report discrepancy between last-lba and block device size on bugs.debian.org pending against fdisk by Christoph Biedl reported updated upstream
- #1095823 normal util-linux: fallocate --keep-size is improperly incompatible with other options on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Antonio Russo reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstream
- #1095490 normal util-linux: new optional package to interrogate utmp-format files on bugs.debian.org pending against src:util-linux by Andrew Bower reported updated wontfix
- #1086233 normal does not handle unprivileged case as documented in --id on bugs.debian.org forwarded against bsdutils by Marc Haber reported updated forwarded to github.com
- #1085848 normal /usr/bin/write: expects to be run with egid tty on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils reported updated wontfix
- #1078023 normal login: util-linux variant uses vhangup on bugs.debian.org forwarded against login by Martin-Éric Racine reported updated forwarded to github.com fixed-upstreamupstreamwontfix
- #1077956 normal util-linux: Please use passwd implementations provided by util-linux on bugs.debian.org pending by Laurent Bigonville reported updated
- #1077660 normal With the removal of last there is no (obvious?) way to read pre-existing wtmp data on bugs.debian.org pending against src:util-linux by Frank Gevaerts reported updated wontfix
- #1067516 normal util-linux: sulogin should not render system inaccessable in single-user/emergency mode on bugs.debian.org pending by Philip Hands reported updated
- #1057012 normal prlimit crashes when given unacceptable values on bugs.debian.org pending by Michael Gold reported updated
- #1055483 normal util-linux: Please include /usr/sbin/fdformat on bugs.debian.org pending reported updated
- #1053760 normal util-linux-extra: obsolete conffiles left behind on bugs.debian.org pending by Sven Joachim reported updated help
- #1050165 normal lsblk: -M output format error on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Matthijs Melchior reported updated forwarded to github.com upstream
- #1043251 normal fdisk: sfdisk output displays more partitions created than intended on bugs.debian.org pending against fdisk reported updated upstream
- #1038636 normal blkdiscard: it is too naive about larges discard unit on bugs.debian.org pending by Michael Tokarev reported updated upstream
- #1038117 normal util-linux: resume building of static libs on bugs.debian.org pending against src:util-linux by Leo Antunes reported updated
- #1036649 normal util-linux: leftover conffiles on bugs.debian.org pending by Christoph Anton Mitterer reported updated help
- #1034418 normal util-linux: fstrim.timer not enabled for upgraded systems on bugs.debian.org pending by Matt Taggart reported updated wontfix
- #1031176 normal overlayfs: Manual page unclear about lowerdir, upperdir, workdir on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Michael Gold reported updated helpupstream
- #1029703 normal bsdextrautils: column -l (--table-columns-limit) mangles data with two spaces on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils reported updated helpupstream
- #1021811 normal util-linux: "more -ce" mishandles (some) blank lines on bugs.debian.org pending by Paul Vojta reported updated helpupstream
- #1005101 normal fdisk: -w / --wipe is no longer honoured in ver 2.36 on bugs.debian.org pending against fdisk by david barber reported updated
- #1004886 normal dmesg: colorization of emerg/notice/info/debug not handled on bugs.debian.org pending by Eric Estievenart reported updated upstream
- #1001049 normal /usr/bin/hexdump: hexdump: no longer work with some format strings containing backslash escape sequences on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils by WHR reported updated confirmedupstream
- #989310 normal partx: /dev/$VG/$LV: adding partition #4 failed: Invalid argument on bugs.debian.org pending by Thorsten Glaser reported updated
- #988175 normal colrm: Document on the man page that it cannot deal with binary files on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils by Dan Jacobson reported updated
- #983869 normal lsblk does not report mount point for all members of btrfs filesystems on bugs.debian.org pending by vasilis g reported updated moreinfo
- #973924 normal cfdisk: display more free space than actually available, and partition not resizable on bugs.debian.org pending against fdisk by gregoire roumache reported updated
- #973471 normal look has unpredictable behavior on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils by Jamie Heilman reported updated helpupstream
- #948915 normal util-linux: su -s bash completion broken with chsh from src:shadow on bugs.debian.org pending by Gabriel Paradzik reported updated confirmed
- #948166 normal blkid -t treats UUIDs as case-sensitive on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Josh Triplett reported updated forwarded to github.com upstreamwontfix
- #935725 normal util-linux: lsblk sometimes gives wrong pttype "dos" for gpt partitions on bugs.debian.org pending by Marc Lehmann reported updated moreinfoupstream
- #906846 normal mount: Fails to notice that a loopdevice cannot be removed on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Gunnar Wolf reported updated
- #840586 normal more(1) may attempt to tcsetattr(3) despite lacking controlling terminal on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Jan Schaumann reported updated forwarded to marc.info upstreamwontfix
- #827479 normal newgrp: use CAP_SETGID instead of setuid on platforms that support it on bugs.debian.org pending against login by Daniel Kahn Gillmor reported updated
- #819465 normal /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Zenaan Harkness reported updated
- #818879 normal sfdisk: Fails to dump when ext4 signature found on bugs.debian.org pending by martin f krafft reported updated upstream
- #816368 normal /usr/bin/whereis: 'whereis -b bash' reports /etc/bash.bashrc as a binary on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Andrew Lawrence DeMarsh reported updated forwarded to github.com upstreamwontfix
- #527958 normal mount doesn't try libblkid's SEC_TYPE when guessing fs type on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Phil Endecott reported updated
- #1102081 minor libblkid.3: Some remarks and a patch with editorial changes for this man page on bugs.debian.org pending against libblkid-dev by Bjarni Ingi Gislason reported updated upstream
- #1053425 minor util-linux: su uses wrong locale for interface on bugs.debian.org pending by boruch baum reported updated l10n
- #1049756 minor util-linux: Fails to build binary packages again after successful build on bugs.debian.org pending against src:util-linux by Lucas Nussbaum reported updated forkyftbfssidtrixie
- #1016656 minor colcrt(1) produces broken (off-by-one?) output on bugs.debian.org pending against bsdextrautils by Ivan Shmakov reported updated
- #1012549 minor [riscv] lscpu --all --extended output is empty on bugs.debian.org pending by xiao sheng wen reported updated upstream
- #923610 minor mount: umount Bash tab completion does not escape spaces in mount points on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Matthew Kraai reported updated confirmedupstream
- #826003 minor login: su(1) man page should document that su may not work at boot time on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported updated moreinfo
- #785075 minor util-linux: /sbin/fstrim contains 2MiB of zero bytes on bugs.debian.org pending by RjY reported updated confirmedhelp
- #775119 minor fdformat: progress bar for "verify" phase broken on bugs.debian.org pending by Thorsten Glaser reported updated upstream
- #669169 minor mount -va incorrectly reports nothing was mounted when launching helper on bugs.debian.org pending against mount by Chris Hiestand reported updated upstream
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