diff --git a/elfutils-0.189-debuginfod_config_cache-double-close.patch b/elfutils-0.189-debuginfod_config_cache-double-close.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3380b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elfutils-0.189-debuginfod_config_cache-double-close.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+diff --git a/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c b/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
+index ef4d47e3..d92d8d62 100644
+--- a/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
++++ b/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
+@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ debuginfod_write_callback (char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *data)
+ 
+ /* handle config file read and write */
+ static int
+-debuginfod_config_cache(char *config_path,
++debuginfod_config_cache(debuginfod_client *c, char *config_path,
+ 			long cache_config_default_s,
+ 			struct stat *st)
+ {
+@@ -277,17 +277,27 @@ debuginfod_config_cache(char *config_path,
+     }
+ 
+   long cache_config;
++  /* PR29696 - NB: When using fdopen, the file descriptor is NOT
++     dup'ed and will be closed when the stream is closed. Manually
++     closing fd after fclose is called will lead to a race condition
++     where, if reused, the file descriptor will compete for its
++     regular use before being incorrectly closed here.  */
+   FILE *config_file = fdopen(fd, "r");
+   if (config_file)
+     {
+       if (fscanf(config_file, "%ld", &cache_config) != 1)
+-        cache_config = cache_config_default_s;
+-      fclose(config_file);
++	cache_config = cache_config_default_s;
++      if (0 != fclose (config_file) && c->verbose_fd >= 0)
++	dprintf (c->verbose_fd, "fclose failed with %s (err=%d)\n",
++		 strerror (errno), errno);
+     }
+   else
+-    cache_config = cache_config_default_s;
+-
+-  close (fd);
++    {
++      cache_config = cache_config_default_s;
++      if (0 != close (fd) && c->verbose_fd >= 0)
++	dprintf (c->verbose_fd, "close failed with %s (err=%d)\n",
++		 strerror (errno), errno);
++    }
+   return cache_config;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ debuginfod_clean_cache(debuginfod_client *c,
+   struct stat st;
+ 
+   /* Create new interval file.  */
+-  rc = debuginfod_config_cache(interval_path,
++  rc = debuginfod_config_cache(c, interval_path,
+ 			       cache_clean_default_interval_s, &st);
+   if (rc < 0)
+     return rc;
+@@ -320,7 +330,7 @@ debuginfod_clean_cache(debuginfod_client *c,
+   utime (interval_path, NULL);
+ 
+   /* Read max unused age value from config file.  */
+-  rc = debuginfod_config_cache(max_unused_path,
++  rc = debuginfod_config_cache(c, max_unused_path,
+ 			       cache_default_max_unused_age_s, &st);
+   if (rc < 0)
+     return rc;
+@@ -1110,7 +1135,7 @@ debuginfod_query_server (debuginfod_client *c,
+ 
+           close(fd); /* no need to hold onto the negative-hit file descriptor */
+           
+-          rc = debuginfod_config_cache(cache_miss_path,
++          rc = debuginfod_config_cache(c, cache_miss_path,
+                                        cache_miss_default_s, &st);
+           if (rc < 0)
+             goto out;
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index 7955ff1..c27e88f 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: elfutils
 Version: 0.189
-%global baserelease 2
+%global baserelease 3
 Release: %{baserelease}%{?dist}
 URL: http://elfutils.org/
 %global source_url ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/%{version}/
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ Patch2: elfutils-0.189-c99-compat.patch
 Patch3: elfutils-0.189-elfcompress.patch
 # libelf: Replace list of elf_getdata_rawchunk results with a tree
 Patch4: elfutils-0.189-elf_getdata_rawchunk.patch
+# PR29696: Removed secondary fd close in cache config causing race condition
+Patch5: elfutils-0.189-debuginfod_config_cache-double-close.patch
 
 %description
 Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show
@@ -448,8 +450,9 @@ exit 0
 %systemd_postun_with_restart debuginfod.service
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Jun 22 2023 Mark Wielaard <mjw@fedoraproject.org>
+* Thu Jun 22 2023 Mark Wielaard <mjw@fedoraproject.org> - 0.189-3
 - Add elfutils-0.189-elf_getdata_rawchunk.patch
+- Add elfutils-0.189-debuginfod_config_cache-double-close.patch
 
 * Sat Apr 22 2023 Mark Wielaard <mjw@fedoraproject.org> - 0.189-2
 - Add elfutils-0.189-c99-compat.patch