RHSA-2026:85191 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Security Fix(es):

• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via use-after-free in passive grab handling (CVE-2026-93516)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Privilege escalation via crafted RandR provider property requests (CVE-2026-93521)
• xorg-x11-server: xwayland: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via double-free in XKB geometry handling (CVE-2026-88812)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write via unvalidated modifier in ProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice (CVE-2026-93523)
• xorg-x11-server: glamor: size tmp_bits buffer for source coordinate range in upload_boxes (CVE-2026-93522)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via GLX RenderLarge heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-93517)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via integer truncation during keyboard mapping resize (CVE-2026-93518)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via buffer overflow in input_constrain_cursor() (CVE-2026-93519)
• xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write in XKB keycode handling (CVE-2026-93520)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 10 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.2 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 10 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 10 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 10 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 10 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.2 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.2 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 10.2 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2545161 - CVE-2026-93516 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via use-after-free in passive grab handling
• BZ - 2545164 - CVE-2026-93521 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Privilege escalation via crafted RandR provider property requests
• BZ - 2545174 - CVE-2026-88812 xorg-x11-server: xwayland: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via double-free in XKB geometry handling
• BZ - 2545177 - CVE-2026-93523 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write via unvalidated modifier in ProcXIPassiveUngrabDevice
• BZ - 2545178 - CVE-2026-93522 xorg-x11-server: glamor: size tmp_bits buffer for source coordinate range in upload_boxes
• BZ - 2545246 - CVE-2026-93517 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via GLX RenderLarge heap-based buffer overflow
• BZ - 2545860 - CVE-2026-93518 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via integer truncation during keyboard mapping resize
• BZ - 2545887 - CVE-2026-93519 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Arbitrary code execution via buffer overflow in input_constrain_cursor()
• BZ - 2545908 - CVE-2026-93520 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write in XKB keycode handling

CVEs

• CVE-2026-88812
• CVE-2026-93516
• CVE-2026-93517
• CVE-2026-93518
• CVE-2026-93519
• CVE-2026-93520
• CVE-2026-93521
• CVE-2026-93522
• CVE-2026-93523

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important