Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:97852 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2026-11-10
Updated:
2026-11-10

RHBA-2026:97852 - 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):

  • Entering rescue.target via systemctl isolate from graphical.target shows wrong/blank VT/tty (JIRA:RHEL-183234)

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-40.1-51.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: ca1a5045e7b691da5f8ef10558e0a778929cdaf6f19b11938c525a6ae20bf324
x86_64
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01cd0071f3fecb4d0aec6dfdf245b39a06fdd87990cb64408a7492cedf19be92
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 53e69b8ccb133a714ee3cf38addfd7291d9df0e9a7f902565c3c476862fc7b25
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: d493b03a3a3f282dcd0afe374d9dabc7f3072d4e6755ab9108dcd74f2aa0f123
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77306deef91c46f9f1dccbfcd7debef2b8508c45153c66d6f5bbfb167c009a1b
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01643dc8f28878583823d8bac216160332acf6172589c5cb351d1a89105cf1d7
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27742533819113b8d00b9c2e3166a51d66d96979d6478e031bd6337871043be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: ca1a5045e7b691da5f8ef10558e0a778929cdaf6f19b11938c525a6ae20bf324
s390x
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4666fea0e922064e549ca2faf6c316d61719715c0069d333f4be842b8d62353c
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c960bf39472d405790bcf3967bc720084ec1ec986a53f22fca18e6e0c35c876f
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 315bb463d119e4c8f4961a0b57ab7438eb47990f15ebbb62d36a81ed4f8c3ff8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: ca1a5045e7b691da5f8ef10558e0a778929cdaf6f19b11938c525a6ae20bf324
ppc64le
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 4b00d7ec0ad837c3e5ed7e08d55f59a6379b911fae596e0f472e0a45fa5ed581
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8c7ec0d692e9c6ee9c6288d76c22da237100939d232dfda36a40372cf3fca513
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d6e18ce04ffca97ab61bc3b61da1303ffe8a6762e26220f879bb511e04ae9d68

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.src.rpm SHA-256: ca1a5045e7b691da5f8ef10558e0a778929cdaf6f19b11938c525a6ae20bf324
aarch64
gdm-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: fbd752f7f1f85ff7768c3344d0f43a787a96776147560c23dbfe5e6b8884546f
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6cb23b7f9812a40a560ad10bb7743d8b7a66791d6249c3128de5255a7dffbd08
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f771932927a106ac0ff0d7add8bd6fed8ec46f46142ad7c2be628fe72a8b8302

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9

SRPM
x86_64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: d493b03a3a3f282dcd0afe374d9dabc7f3072d4e6755ab9108dcd74f2aa0f123
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77306deef91c46f9f1dccbfcd7debef2b8508c45153c66d6f5bbfb167c009a1b
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 01643dc8f28878583823d8bac216160332acf6172589c5cb351d1a89105cf1d7
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27742533819113b8d00b9c2e3166a51d66d96979d6478e031bd6337871043be6
gdm-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: af455f20b3da5b5cee71026906e2b9c10a86d070f301cd74dba90d0d323fb937
gdm-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 00b99ef9353c54bfa5b950c47b35650ff5eec38bd073a03b515a262cba08a85c
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: ca0cd965ae0ffcf9ccf43fe047a73a91096c1d4e5a9f70671640c0af499cea22
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: edee71df19f7e27e89d7d6a065561d7602a55833795fd7e32ce33843ed999f3b

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
ppc64le
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8c7ec0d692e9c6ee9c6288d76c22da237100939d232dfda36a40372cf3fca513
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d6e18ce04ffca97ab61bc3b61da1303ffe8a6762e26220f879bb511e04ae9d68
gdm-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00d87513b010089c1c83feb17757d22e19b91fb866fc6f831aa1d34e977c1338
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b57ac55141ab4edc7f1eae65558aa2bd8e5f1c0f5aa15fbed1d2b41960b7971a

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9

SRPM
aarch64
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6cb23b7f9812a40a560ad10bb7743d8b7a66791d6249c3128de5255a7dffbd08
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f771932927a106ac0ff0d7add8bd6fed8ec46f46142ad7c2be628fe72a8b8302
gdm-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b5db4b3989de15cb8b9c90c0881e8d070834d31372068a814e42cc8aaab65f23
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 7f47de7297c4cc0c02fbdfb354459b009457033eda1c7535bbca783043393f8d

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
s390x
gdm-debuginfo-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c960bf39472d405790bcf3967bc720084ec1ec986a53f22fca18e6e0c35c876f
gdm-debugsource-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 315bb463d119e4c8f4961a0b57ab7438eb47990f15ebbb62d36a81ed4f8c3ff8
gdm-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 180d8f8e1ce2c964fb0b06e51b7c1359dacfcff77e4d1e031da27822f2b566a3
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-51.el9_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4c53172f92323ceadd09159d66e2a4db7503a2160eb9e1e3590a611a95eba90b

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