Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting xorg-x11-server package, versions <0:1.20.11-28.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-XORGX11SERVER-13505968
  • published9 Oct 2025
  • disclosed25 Feb 2025

Introduced: 25 Feb 2025

CVE-2025-26599  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 xorg-x11-server to version 0:1.20.11-28.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:7163.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-x11-server package and not the xorg-x11-server package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An access to an uninitialized pointer flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The function compCheckRedirect() may fail if it cannot allocate the backing pixmap. In that case, compRedirectWindow() will return a BadAlloc error without validating the window tree marked just before, which leaves the validated data partly initialized and the use of an uninitialized pointer later.

CVSS Base Scores

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