openSUSE Leap 16.0: xwayland Important Issues 2025-20099-1
opensuse
November 28, 2025
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.
Description
This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-62229: Fixed use-after-free in XPresentNotify structures creation (bsc#1251958).
- CVE-2025-62230: Fixed use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal (bsc#1251959).
- CVE-2025-62231: Fixed value overflow in Xkb extension XkbSetCompatMap() (bsc#1251960).
Patch instructions:
To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 16.0
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-65=1
Topics Covered
Patch
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 16.0:
xwayland-24.1.6-160000.3.1
xwayland-devel-24.1.6-160000.3.1
References
* bsc#1251958
* bsc#1251959
* bsc#1251960
References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62229.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62230.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62231.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2025-20099-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 16.0
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Topics Covered
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