Bug 2140702 - CVE-2022-3551 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcXkbGetKbdByName() in xkb/xkb.c [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2022-3551 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: memory leak in ProcX...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
Version: 36
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Olivier Fourdan
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Blocks: CVE-2022-3551
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Reported: 2022-11-07 16:52 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2022-11-24 01:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-21.1.4-3.fc35
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Last Closed: 2022-11-24 01:33:56 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-11-07 16:52:17 UTC
More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140701

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-11-07 16:52:20 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# low, medium, high, urgent (required)
severity=medium

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=2140701,2140702

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Olivier Fourdan 2022-11-08 07:41:26 UTC
It's a memory leak that occurs in a error code path, not a security issue.

Besides, Xwayland 22.1.5 (bug 2139387) already has the fix for this (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/baad076c4).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2022-11-08 13:59:19 UTC
FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed has been submitted as an update to Fedora 35. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2022-11-09 12:08:14 UTC
FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed has been pushed to the Fedora 35 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2022-11-24 01:33:56 UTC
FEDORA-2022-5495b36bed has been pushed to the Fedora 35 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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