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SUSE: xwayland Important Use-After-Free Threat Advisory 2025:3863-1

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE updates xwayland to resolve important vulnerabilities including use-after-free and value overflow issues. Install now.
* bsc#1251958 * bsc#1251959 * bsc#1251960 Cross-References:

Summary

## 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) ## 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)

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Topics Covered

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

References

* bsc#1251958

* bsc#1251959

* bsc#1251960

Cross-

* CVE-2025-62229

* CVE-2025-62230

* CVE-2025-62231

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-62229 ( SUSE ): 7.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-62229 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62229 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62230 ( SUSE ): 7.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-62230 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-62230 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2025-62231 ( SUSE ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3863-1
Release Date: 2025-10-30T13:39:37Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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

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