vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2025-26599: Security patch for xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2025-2791)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 25, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 25, 2025
Added
Mar 26, 2025
Modified
Mar 26, 2025
Description
An access to an uninitialized pointer flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The function compCheckRedirect() may fail if it cannot allocate the backing pixmap. In that case, compRedirectWindow() will return a BadAlloc error without validating the window tree marked just before, which leaves the validated data partly initialized and the use of an uninitialized pointer later.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-commonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sourceamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmxamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyramazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnestamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorgamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfbamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xwayland
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