openSUSE: xwayland Important Fixes for Use-after-Free Issues 2025:3863-1
opensuse
October 30, 2025
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 Covered
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
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