Synopsis

Xorg server and driver bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated Xorg server and driver packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

X.Org is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

The xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11 driver packages have been upgraded to newer upstream versions, which provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions:

The xorg-x11-server packages have been updated to version 1.17.2. (BZ#1194842)
The xorg-x11-drv-ati driver has been updated to version 7.5.0. (BZ#1194872)
The xorg-x11-drv-dummy driver has been updated to version 0.3.6. (BZ#1194873)
The xorg-x11-drv-evdev driver has been updated to version 2.9.2. (BZ#1194874)
The xorg-x11-drv-fbdev driver has been updated to version 0.4.3. (BZ#1194875)
The xorg-x11-drv-intel driver has been updated to version 2.99.917. (BZ#1194876)
The xorg-x11-drv-keyboard driver has been updated to version 1.8.1. (BZ#1194877)
The xorg-x11-drv-mouse driver has been updated to version 1.9.1. (BZ#1194879)
The xorg-x11-drv-nouveau driver has been updated to version 1.0.11. (BZ#1194880)
The xorg-x11-drv-openchrome driver has been updated to version 0.3.3. (BZ#1194881)
The xorg-x11-drv-synaptics driver has been updated to version 1.8.2. (BZ#1194883)
The xorg-x11-drv-v4l driver has been updated to version 0.2.0. (BZ#1194884)
The xorg-x11-drv-vesa driver has been updated to version 2.3.2. (BZ#1194885)
The xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse driver has been updated to version 13.0.0. (BZ#1194886)
The xorg-x11-drv-vmware driver has been updated to version 13.0.2. (BZ#1194887)
The xorg-x11-drv-void driver has been updated to version 1.4.1. (BZ#1194888)
The xorg-x11-drv-wacom driver has been updated to version 0.29.0. (BZ#1194889)

The xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-drv-qxi, xorg-x11-drv-keyboard and xorg-x11-drv-mouse packages have been updated to ensure correct operation on Power little endian and ARM 64-bit hardware architectures. (BZ#1082779, BZ#1125557, BZ#1191652, BZ#1238464)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, GNOME desktop rendering could overwhelm the console redirection feature of certain G200E-family graphics chips. Consequently, the interactive performance over network video redirection was low. With this update, X video driver has been modified to upload only those tiles of screen data that were actually modified. As a result, performance on the G200E-family graphics chips has been improved. (BZ#1152233)
• Due to a memory leak in the QXL driver, an X.Org guest could terminate unexpectedly. This update fixes the memory leak, and X.Org no longer crashes. (BZ#1222038)
• Due to a memory leak in the cursor handling code of the QXL guest driver, the video memory got saturated and caused a corrupted display when the Anaconda installer was formatting a very large disk (over 2 TB). A patch has been applied to prevent cursor data from leaking. As a result, display corruption no longer occurs. (BZ#1222040)

Users of xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11 drivers are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

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 Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1010977 - no cursor in login screen on Plugable UD-160-M mutiseat device
• BZ - 1067464 - [abrt] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 159 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:8292 check_crtc_state+0x58f/0x9c0 [i915]()
• BZ - 1069965 - Test case failure: KMS - Log out after suspend/resume on on Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 [8086:041a]
• BZ - 1075600 - Test case failure: GNOME Shell - 3D rendering on ATI Kaveri [1002:1304]
• BZ - 1076736 - Test case failure: GNOME Shell - Concurrent Logins on ATI Kaveri [1002:1304]
• BZ - 1079054 - Click on "OpenGL" in the Kinfocenter and the machine reboots.
• BZ - 1080028 - Graphics issues with title bars and a number of drop-down dialog boxes in RHEL 7
• BZ - 1107661 - [abrt] xorg-x11-server-Xorg: OsAbort(): Xorg killed by SIGABRT
• BZ - 1159419 - Screen - Rotation on AMD/ATI Kaveri [1002:1304]
• BZ - 1167855 - gdm does now show up, startx works
• BZ - 1173664 - Test case failure: Applications - LibreOffice - Presentation Mode on Intel Valley View Gen7 [8086:0f31]
• BZ - 1173743 - Test case failure: KMS - classic on [1002:683f] Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750 / R7 250E]
• BZ - 1175263 - Test case failure: KMS - classic on ATI Bonaire [1002:6650]
• BZ - 1184364 - Xnest/Xephyr Unsupported printf directive '*' in log.c:467
• BZ - 1185807 - cannot show login page again of KVM guest (spice+qxl) after log out from guest's desktop
• BZ - 1194842 - Rebase xorg-x11-server in 7.2
• BZ - 1194872 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-ati in 7.2
• BZ - 1194873 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-dummy in 7.2
• BZ - 1194874 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-evdev in 7.2
• BZ - 1194875 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-fbdev in 7.2
• BZ - 1194876 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-intel in 7.2
• BZ - 1194877 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-keyboard in 7.2
• BZ - 1194879 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-mouse in 7.2
• BZ - 1194880 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-nouveau in 7.2
• BZ - 1194881 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-openchrome in 7.2
• BZ - 1194883 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-synaptics in 7.2
• BZ - 1194884 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-v4l in 7.2
• BZ - 1194885 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-vesa in 7.2
• BZ - 1194886 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse in 7.2
• BZ - 1194887 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-vmware in 7.2
• BZ - 1194888 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-void in 7.2
• BZ - 1194889 - Rebase xorg-x11-drv-wacom in 7.2
• BZ - 1221909 - User interface freezes when entering space character in Xfig
• BZ - 1222040 - screen shows garbage during install guest os
• BZ - 1237013 - when boot a RHEL7.2 64 bit guest the mouse cursor (ps/2 or usb-mouse)in guest disappears
• BZ - 1248850 - X crashes when starting LibreOffice Writer
• BZ - 1249731 - Serious rendering issues in nightly RHEL-7.2 build
• BZ - 1268196 - remove glamor support from nouveau ddx
• BZ - 1268846 - xorg-x11-glamor should be obsoleted

CVEs

(none)

References