SUSE-RU-2025:21073-1: moderate: Recommended update for colord

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# Recommended update for colord

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:21073-1  
Release Date: 2025-11-24T17:00:14Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

  
  
An update that can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for colord fixes the following issues:

  * Update to version 1.4.8:
  * New Features:
    * Add AppStream metainfo XML with hardware provide info.
    * Add support for -Dsystemd_root_prefix to make local building easier.
    * Install sysusers.d config file if configured user is not root.
  * Bugfixes:

    * Add the source attribute for each man page.
    * Drop component type from AppStream metadata XML to avoid parsing error.
    * Fix a critical warning when running the self tests.
    * Fix USB scanners not working with RestrictAddressFamilies.
    * Fix writing to the database with ProtectSystem=strict.
    * Properly set the status to CD_SESSION_STATUS_RUNNING.
    * Use g_ascii_strtod instead of atof().
    * Use sqlite3_errmsg() to avoid getting a mutable error message.
  * Changes from version 1.4.7:

  * Bugfixes:
    * Add various hardenings to the systemd service.
    * Always close the ICC profile when loading fails.
    * Avoid destructing LCMS plugin twice with lcms 2.14.
    * Do not make state files executable in tmpfiles.d/colord.conf.
    * Fix a double free spotted by Coverity.
    * Fix an error check when parsing the DTP94 data.
    * Fix a -Wincompatible-pointer-types warning.
    * Fix potential crash when reading from broken Huey hardware.
    * Set FILE_OFFSET_BITS explicitly.
    * Use a 64-bit time_t.
    * Use thread context for Gamut Alarm codes.

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-49=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libcolord2-1.4.8-160000.1.1
    * colord-debugsource-1.4.8-160000.1.1
    * colord-debuginfo-1.4.8-160000.1.1
    * libcolord2-debuginfo-1.4.8-160000.1.1

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