Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:12832 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-08-05
Updated:
2025-08-05

RHBA-2025:12832 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

gdm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for gdm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) provides the graphical login screen. The screen is shown shortly after boot, after log out, and when switching the current user.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • GDM wont show up after VT switch or logout [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-97492)
  • File descriptor leak occurring when idle-delay screen lock occurs in XDMCP [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-98725)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
x86_64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96019f8d92c1a265a09be0c613c8f07b2d052aa9345c9dc6a146e1c8926dab27
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9f540c873a3a06bdf530f5093946eaadb356d8970bc9532ccfc4a78cf0bf9230
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
x86_64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96019f8d92c1a265a09be0c613c8f07b2d052aa9345c9dc6a146e1c8926dab27
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9f540c873a3a06bdf530f5093946eaadb356d8970bc9532ccfc4a78cf0bf9230
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
x86_64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96019f8d92c1a265a09be0c613c8f07b2d052aa9345c9dc6a146e1c8926dab27
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9f540c873a3a06bdf530f5093946eaadb356d8970bc9532ccfc4a78cf0bf9230
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
s390x
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 343fa581126664211f6e5de49f88b80855f6257a77fc95c7d8e8b86d8b2f95f4
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6074af2ed3814ecd36a1394b7b71ffb3e30d3e296f7be5111e120a64444ec799
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4ffb54c8d98f6cf604aa2d1ac82a22152eee600d3b2baee07ff9c07554f72e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
s390x
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 343fa581126664211f6e5de49f88b80855f6257a77fc95c7d8e8b86d8b2f95f4
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6074af2ed3814ecd36a1394b7b71ffb3e30d3e296f7be5111e120a64444ec799
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4ffb54c8d98f6cf604aa2d1ac82a22152eee600d3b2baee07ff9c07554f72e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
ppc64le
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bbbd5e73a075dcfa43b7daa603802655222ec853e8e75437732d0c7ed7f1dd8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 50ee8bd1537aa2cea29039d3ff1976c3df1753c7ff7cbd327473b7d67850385a
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0c39f720e18632c8d7741ac323e72eb8a3420164159f6539ac7b742c58575192

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
ppc64le
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bbbd5e73a075dcfa43b7daa603802655222ec853e8e75437732d0c7ed7f1dd8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 50ee8bd1537aa2cea29039d3ff1976c3df1753c7ff7cbd327473b7d67850385a
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0c39f720e18632c8d7741ac323e72eb8a3420164159f6539ac7b742c58575192

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
aarch64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f9018e769f9b7bd62b25f4f1ae3fc57d25659fb67bdfd48e7e6d3937168fec24
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa934132e24a5e4b53f5a43f32f872b4614b17ab07e2624f9ed34bbe73e5fc98
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1b1084b4e2055f213e6796d4f5297866b872df0e5ee91b7b3043c4e6566d6eb9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
aarch64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f9018e769f9b7bd62b25f4f1ae3fc57d25659fb67bdfd48e7e6d3937168fec24
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa934132e24a5e4b53f5a43f32f872b4614b17ab07e2624f9ed34bbe73e5fc98
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1b1084b4e2055f213e6796d4f5297866b872df0e5ee91b7b3043c4e6566d6eb9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
ppc64le
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bbbd5e73a075dcfa43b7daa603802655222ec853e8e75437732d0c7ed7f1dd8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 50ee8bd1537aa2cea29039d3ff1976c3df1753c7ff7cbd327473b7d67850385a
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0c39f720e18632c8d7741ac323e72eb8a3420164159f6539ac7b742c58575192

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
x86_64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96019f8d92c1a265a09be0c613c8f07b2d052aa9345c9dc6a146e1c8926dab27
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9f540c873a3a06bdf530f5093946eaadb356d8970bc9532ccfc4a78cf0bf9230
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9

SRPM
x86_64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 70bf5d586990dd6d0fbcd10be5faefbf4605fb4f76ecd2372b6754d06a3ad010
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ebc534c8769ef1cd620396c256049cc8a5422bd49f65f1033df7c9cb36492928
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c679a0a50d6962daba482a8683e03652bca1c9a437dd7dd26aa7c7bda47c22ac
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ac17bdbb0ffad3b347f1ea2824743a21ce8a5b1488bfe162a6cdc7b4c951d07

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
ppc64le
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 50ee8bd1537aa2cea29039d3ff1976c3df1753c7ff7cbd327473b7d67850385a
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0c39f720e18632c8d7741ac323e72eb8a3420164159f6539ac7b742c58575192
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ddb9d585596eedc348549d3effec48fd758484f3744ad4eec0f557c4d5e3eb43
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 74a28e57eca2028e3b863bce9d0a0dec12306920a9772cf3846792fece2b8eb2

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9

SRPM
aarch64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa934132e24a5e4b53f5a43f32f872b4614b17ab07e2624f9ed34bbe73e5fc98
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1b1084b4e2055f213e6796d4f5297866b872df0e5ee91b7b3043c4e6566d6eb9
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e945a768a6452be439295610cf02a8a1b82d69a44cf8c5b8004019716322785d
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3539c67582ae99de9c9abe6b9d260d5853da15dbb0b3ae5da9172fa6cfd893b9

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
s390x
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6074af2ed3814ecd36a1394b7b71ffb3e30d3e296f7be5111e120a64444ec799
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4ffb54c8d98f6cf604aa2d1ac82a22152eee600d3b2baee07ff9c07554f72e8
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9a608df6d9262e37d8410f7667c46fc1bda96544429d9485aec5c192bbf4a2c8
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: de378adf0aee51d8229f8bc01368564b87cdab0c155e71e2fcbd70af1a4b0121

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
x86_64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b2520294f504833213eed05b6e7aab5837e845b88133afdb09cd0f8d0ee9fe8
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b19b2b754e061d80934f7c26ba06775739bd04c5b4b247b34d263b8fe2fe23e0
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 59947c128b78483d2d5517f3e133a31549e355c000bad0b9f0f244ecec06ec7e
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15c36914f059dfd423bfff4060c15c48c17a5918414b4fb494308164ffb81715
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 70bf5d586990dd6d0fbcd10be5faefbf4605fb4f76ecd2372b6754d06a3ad010
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ebc534c8769ef1cd620396c256049cc8a5422bd49f65f1033df7c9cb36492928
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c679a0a50d6962daba482a8683e03652bca1c9a437dd7dd26aa7c7bda47c22ac
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0ac17bdbb0ffad3b347f1ea2824743a21ce8a5b1488bfe162a6cdc7b4c951d07

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
ppc64le
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 50ee8bd1537aa2cea29039d3ff1976c3df1753c7ff7cbd327473b7d67850385a
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0c39f720e18632c8d7741ac323e72eb8a3420164159f6539ac7b742c58575192
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ddb9d585596eedc348549d3effec48fd758484f3744ad4eec0f557c4d5e3eb43
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 74a28e57eca2028e3b863bce9d0a0dec12306920a9772cf3846792fece2b8eb2

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
s390x
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6074af2ed3814ecd36a1394b7b71ffb3e30d3e296f7be5111e120a64444ec799
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4ffb54c8d98f6cf604aa2d1ac82a22152eee600d3b2baee07ff9c07554f72e8
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9a608df6d9262e37d8410f7667c46fc1bda96544429d9485aec5c192bbf4a2c8
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: de378adf0aee51d8229f8bc01368564b87cdab0c155e71e2fcbd70af1a4b0121

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
aarch64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa934132e24a5e4b53f5a43f32f872b4614b17ab07e2624f9ed34bbe73e5fc98
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1b1084b4e2055f213e6796d4f5297866b872df0e5ee91b7b3043c4e6566d6eb9
gdm-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e945a768a6452be439295610cf02a8a1b82d69a44cf8c5b8004019716322785d
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3539c67582ae99de9c9abe6b9d260d5853da15dbb0b3ae5da9172fa6cfd893b9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
aarch64
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f9018e769f9b7bd62b25f4f1ae3fc57d25659fb67bdfd48e7e6d3937168fec24
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa934132e24a5e4b53f5a43f32f872b4614b17ab07e2624f9ed34bbe73e5fc98
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1b1084b4e2055f213e6796d4f5297866b872df0e5ee91b7b3043c4e6566d6eb9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.src.rpm SHA-256: b817bd066fd527173d6283825a76128b2a2057bdf185847d23c581bb4e2a1dde
s390x
gdm-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 343fa581126664211f6e5de49f88b80855f6257a77fc95c7d8e8b86d8b2f95f4
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6074af2ed3814ecd36a1394b7b71ffb3e30d3e296f7be5111e120a64444ec799
gdm-debugsource-40.1-30.el9_6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4ffb54c8d98f6cf604aa2d1ac82a22152eee600d3b2baee07ff9c07554f72e8

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