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openSUSE Leap 16.0 xorg-x11-server Key Updates for CVE-2025-62229 and More

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update resolves critical issues in xorg-x11-server with important security fixes. Install recommended patches to secure openSUSE systems.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for xorg-x11-server 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-16.0-254=1

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

xorg-x11-server-21.1.15-160000.3.1

xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.15-160000.3.1

xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.15-160000.3.1

xorg-x11-server-sdk-21.1.15-160000.3.1

xorg-x11-server-source-21.1.15-160000.3.1

xorg-x11-server-wrapper-21.1.15-160000.3.1

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-2026:20198-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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