Bug 2485386 (CVE-2026-50261) - CVE-2026-50261 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free in SyncChangeCounter()
Summary: CVE-2026-50261 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: us...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-50261
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-05 08:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-05 10:32 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-05 08:12:11 UTC 
A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection while changing those counters in SyncChangeCounter().

Any X client that can connect to the server can trigger this issue. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Components affected: xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
Versions affected: xorg-x11-server <= 21.1.22, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland <= 24.1.9

Fixed upstream in xorg-server-21.1.23 and xwayland-24.1.12.
Fix: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/bdd7bf57af208b1ddf57d4683d67104443b44812

Reported via ZDI-CAN-30164 (Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative). Tracking: PSIRTSUPT-16950.
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