RHBA-2019:0495 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mutter packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support.

Description

Mutter is a compositing window manager that displays and manages desktop through OpenGL. It combines the window-management logic inherited from the Metacity window manager with a display engine that uses the Clutter toolkit.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Application windows and pop-ups are hidden from view when dragged below tray menu with gnome classic (BZ#1679912)

Users of mutter are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1679912 - Application windows and popups are hidden from view when dragged below tray menu with gnome classic [rhel-7.5.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)