CVE-2026-93515

Public on 2026-10-09
Modified on 2026-10-09
Description
Present_clear_window_notifies() does not unlink notify entries from the per-window list before freeing window_priv. When the window is subsequently destroyed or reused, the stale list entries are traversed, resulting in a use-after-free.

An authenticated X client can trigger this by creating cross-window Present notifies and then destroying the target window. Both the Present and SYNC extensions must be enabled (they are by default).
The use-after-free can lead to denial of service (crash) or potentially information disclosure.

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003747.html
NOTE: Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/a469f98bcfab50dab607ff5ac24037632b0079a3 (xorg-server-21.1.25)
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core tigervnc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 tigervnc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xorg-x11-server Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xorg-x11-server-Xwayland Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xwayland-run Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H