Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:20951 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-11-11
Updated:
2025-11-11

RHBA-2025:20951 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

gdm, gnome-shell, and gsettings-desktop-schemas bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for multiple packages 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):

  • Gnome option to disable showing password on login/locl screen "disable-show-password" missing in RHEL9 [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-123139)
  • Gnome option to disable showing password on login/locl screen "disable-show-password" missing in RHEL9 [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-123140)
  • Regression in AllowMultipleSessionsPerUser (JIRA:RHEL-109190)
  • Regression in AllowMultipleSessionsPerUser (JIRA:RHEL-123357)

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 IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 3bcccbcce340c6d7031a94f2e2edc2da0ec05531883578f3ab0f786655c10ce3
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9582e27cd9c16fdc614d3fdea7613f8ef1ecc1bd8f2441ec6522dee6eb8ffaa2
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: f0c371f38a060780583eeae5e2c94984d224946157171177e3ce2933eacb54da
x86_64
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: a1ef82a76064f68898b1fae67a1e6023e8c287b6fdebf6226ee16aa47c3ddbe4
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1fc72c6283230dd60c996743b38cfdf3bb27371438a14045fc9e99f5857a34d1
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: c5efcc7ddd71071b8d7871fffe0ae13d472ce65bdea491e5cbca76d11efc8615
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aac2d79b0a415f3a1ae056253a3fa213eb4b8abbdd504565c5844304174ab137
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 746d4d140677ef72ef8714db4470b963e7b768a2adee5ee3dda7dcd454e17362
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c8eff342fa28122bb2925940ae8a24a3c2e2e4f4b0a002b57314a94da328f5b0
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30cb81db42668ca2fa7c1bbf9dc4ae931de5d5ec119bcf76961a6f756fa44ee3
gnome-shell-debuginfo-40.10-31.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b4b37a55934ce6f2b898741457a42297eba033cd986a05760dc74d955c6acd7
gnome-shell-debugsource-40.10-31.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f925ee835aafad4fc8d3cbaaeb65bb7da58df41e2c1ff60f7fed891b96a0fe44
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7bd9148f43e44b1ea1d00b2072973cbcf86a84dedfb556338aa34303e5a3082b
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c9423465bf0e8e9c4f96823d9c8699746ec8246c17a6118815f1271c2ad78a13
gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel-40.0-8.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5b5a4aa80c90ea9d9f655895a9e35a171256c60261fff16adedbda716490f8c3
gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel-40.0-8.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e70b9fb0067384e99e6ebcc18b6a72c696ec71bc4594029fa7c204d779a28bf2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 3bcccbcce340c6d7031a94f2e2edc2da0ec05531883578f3ab0f786655c10ce3
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9582e27cd9c16fdc614d3fdea7613f8ef1ecc1bd8f2441ec6522dee6eb8ffaa2
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: f0c371f38a060780583eeae5e2c94984d224946157171177e3ce2933eacb54da
s390x
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9fba6426ffb95e292ac5c1e62c85dd8926539338383de2b94555af3145c669b7
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c547e34cb59e700b3e7f1bad8f6ee31ccccac81e3631191bec8f6a8be3314adf
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4ed88b1a196ccc87ec1b878afcf6f737edc9826034017f8361863d00d480d5ef
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ce81a62cf22042535f1edd9ec7ae1084a57bd2dd35ee94e4519fb01e87d749b0
gnome-shell-debuginfo-40.10-31.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 127ea68934cfee3b86229f4ff4b5c66f2c61a5f177f986a27c9c7cf73f2a407e
gnome-shell-debugsource-40.10-31.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4bd921b356f45f0d5ace97d4112ac751c3a2edf1d2b0b1226b869274b8f1c638
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c217c37af6931a33514098d4fefd4135be365a4335f83347397f163138ceefbd
gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel-40.0-8.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5db494a0e52bf25afd851f9b05ac7816008f2694389e78f04a2a7dec0120ac45

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 3bcccbcce340c6d7031a94f2e2edc2da0ec05531883578f3ab0f786655c10ce3
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9582e27cd9c16fdc614d3fdea7613f8ef1ecc1bd8f2441ec6522dee6eb8ffaa2
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: f0c371f38a060780583eeae5e2c94984d224946157171177e3ce2933eacb54da
ppc64le
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 0aa0117926249bcfb6b131909688053504f12c8a442b0515f2b1173ed6dbabb4
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 19cdbe05109b6a97e957d37a51fbddd9f873d07c00b0e90f662048099ed39805
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 58ea5deb73030436d07e9bf8653d9936db1ff76e824fa3571aca733b167c9bfc
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b1c379d9fb363a3d3a891c21855c60fdbd8ac3fbb17e72b08d9ec88e7a3c2eb3
gnome-shell-debuginfo-40.10-31.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 56c88691b74dc39a7afc766af1c6b324a370d320e5180b719d399a4cd7210480
gnome-shell-debugsource-40.10-31.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6d380435041d0a267a04ff89690ed90a43b29dfbb16a9bff5d17dea8d854431
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ff3d0f12865667aac4773353d22a9972a3c9e8c5ca252e289d707d674dd6b5ec
gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel-40.0-8.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7975d5a575d593867f01c52f99723a7ef4417058edc8921176a98252acb397e8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 3bcccbcce340c6d7031a94f2e2edc2da0ec05531883578f3ab0f786655c10ce3
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9582e27cd9c16fdc614d3fdea7613f8ef1ecc1bd8f2441ec6522dee6eb8ffaa2
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.src.rpm SHA-256: f0c371f38a060780583eeae5e2c94984d224946157171177e3ce2933eacb54da
aarch64
gdm-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0c61b63b9e23239a0d25eb6b4d73d118590def7e6142cf41769116935b9b9cae
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: eebb5694c16b1276f4f1e60bf1afcb07ead9833525bb036e8f86732a8325c121
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b1efec83d60a87f53d9a4e342a370888a35359880364fa55317a66b9a1f52c86
gnome-shell-40.10-31.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ea4a15d4df7728d73788ab504d407074d9ddc6cd13b5cac04cfa388b212e8cb5
gnome-shell-debuginfo-40.10-31.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: cc7743ae2af9f50d66ad5750baf1c30d08827f0e06fd539f118c380abb0590db
gnome-shell-debugsource-40.10-31.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a3340cb47ea65b268f5f41055bbcf3738916cb4c9795bb5d312faa70f330b2b4
gsettings-desktop-schemas-40.0-8.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 321fed39d38150af553948363c3fc04c8fd11121a67334109f56d9680bee1525
gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel-40.0-8.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2c21bd650b6cc7ce95f6f68e166335cbb1f4776d070a7a34fbcaa2500f9ded98

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9

SRPM
x86_64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: c5efcc7ddd71071b8d7871fffe0ae13d472ce65bdea491e5cbca76d11efc8615
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: aac2d79b0a415f3a1ae056253a3fa213eb4b8abbdd504565c5844304174ab137
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 746d4d140677ef72ef8714db4470b963e7b768a2adee5ee3dda7dcd454e17362
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c8eff342fa28122bb2925940ae8a24a3c2e2e4f4b0a002b57314a94da328f5b0
gdm-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e788d1c301b23d853d1a3908f1742a627bf54c7460ff1b1b278fcb9ba426dcef
gdm-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b21e9f24bd3be99e51916296df519780d6ace9272113e6280da768564a86e3b5
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.i686.rpm SHA-256: 284c3ba3cf5fbd90d4c59cbfb8f2e06e40032187ee556dc5df54ccac01762a98
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dcc38543ffce2612648845feaa31d7b56f64474ee7a05634fec71fb9b2e26d01

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
ppc64le
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 19cdbe05109b6a97e957d37a51fbddd9f873d07c00b0e90f662048099ed39805
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 58ea5deb73030436d07e9bf8653d9936db1ff76e824fa3571aca733b167c9bfc
gdm-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 85f64c55b953f79861adcd3651d585768074003dd794d8d641404dc4f76d7e60
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 97e379f206b1f9521743cf111e2208600df1ae653b6b3ed87fde191b8c985a09

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9

SRPM
aarch64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: eebb5694c16b1276f4f1e60bf1afcb07ead9833525bb036e8f86732a8325c121
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b1efec83d60a87f53d9a4e342a370888a35359880364fa55317a66b9a1f52c86
gdm-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: fa22a0a1a4a7def4bdbe19cc40eda895fb25da2c45434edde8be174ea2b7ac27
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7184f4b7414814b2f31e4ea98fa1d03ff142d822f664e973eeb1e112a03153d1

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
s390x
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c547e34cb59e700b3e7f1bad8f6ee31ccccac81e3631191bec8f6a8be3314adf
gdm-debugsource-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4ed88b1a196ccc87ec1b878afcf6f737edc9826034017f8361863d00d480d5ef
gdm-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 77b400fd7fba495a959cfb582f3c5064d147b71a7b0ac326f2f4cc5858d18951
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-38.el9_7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: eb7635759f1fe1cfb1ff57b6477ebdeb1ca0c61df229150ff686e4f918691c85

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