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Fedora 42: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland CVE-2025-62229 Critical Security Patch

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Xwayland 24.1.9 update for Fedora 42 addresses critical CVEs. Immediate action recommended to secure systems.
Update to xwayland 24.1.9, CVE fix for: CVE-2025-62229, CVE-2025-62230, CVE-2025-62231

Summary

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Update Information:

Update to xwayland 24.1.9, CVE fix for: CVE-2025-62229, CVE-2025-62230, CVE-2025-62231

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical DoS CVE fix Xwayland

Change Log

* Tue Oct 28 2025 Olivier Fourdan - 24.1.9-1 - Update to xwayland 24.1.9 (#2406802) - CVE fix for: CVE-2025-62229, CVE-2025-62230, CVE-2025-62231 * Wed Oct 15 2025 Olivier Fourdan - 24.1.8-4 - Revert last change, that breaks keyboard modifiers in gamescope * Tue Sep 9 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 24.1.8-3 - Add fix for keyboard modifiers from upstream * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 24.1.8-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2406802 - xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-24.1.9 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2406802

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-6f416148b4' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 24.1.9
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://www.x.org/wiki/
Summary: Xwayland

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical DoS CVE fix Xwayland

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