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openSUSE: xwayland Important Fixes for Use-after-Free Issues 2025:3863-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update addresses three important issues in xwayland affect openSUSE systems, including use-after-free errors.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for xwayland fixes the following issues:

* Fixed use-after-free in XPresentNotify structures creation (CVE-2025-62229,

bsc#1251958)

* Fixed use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal (CVE-2025-62230,

bsc#1251959)

* Fixed value overflow in Xkb extension XkbSetCompatMap() (CVE-2025-62231,

bsc#1251960)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE use-after-free Xwayland value overflow

Patch

## 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3863=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3863=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-3863=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xwayland-devel-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* xwayland-debuginfo-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* xwayland-debugsource-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* xwayland-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (x86_64)

* xwayland-debuginfo-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* xwayland-debugsource-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

* xwayland-24.1.1-150600.5.18.1

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251958

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251959

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251960

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3863-1
Release Date: 2025-10-30T13:39:37Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE use-after-free Xwayland value overflow

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