Bug 2545164 (CVE-2026-93521) - CVE-2026-93521 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Privilege escalation via crafted RandR provider property requests
Summary: CVE-2026-93521 xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: Privilege escalation via cra...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93521
Deadline: 2026-10-07
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-02 12:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-19 14:40 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:82015 0 None None None 2026-10-13 05:42:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:85191 0 None None None 2026-10-19 14:14:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:85193 0 None None None 2026-10-19 14:40:39 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-02 12:55:47 UTC
RRChangeProviderProperty() has two bugs in the PropModePrepend case:

1. new_value.size is set to 'len' (the new data length) instead of
   'total_len' (len + prop_value->size), losing track of the existing
   data. This also affects PropModeAppend.

2. The old_data offset is computed using prop_value->size instead of
   len. For PrependMode, the layout should be [new(len)][old(size)],
   so old_data should start at len * size_in_bytes.

These bugs are analogous to the ones fixed in RRChangeOutputProperty(),
see commit 541ab2ecd41d ("Xi/randr: fix handling of PropModeAppend/Prepend").

This vulnerability was discovered by:
  Anonymous working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative

ZDI-CAN-31944

Comment 1 Jon Orris 2026-10-13 05:42:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:82015 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82015

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-19 14:14:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:85191 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85191

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-10-19 14:40:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:85193 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85193


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