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X.Org X Server CVE-2026-50257

| EUVDEUVD-2026-34812 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-06-05 redhat GHSA-5p7p-jgvj-4v95
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.8 HIGH
qualitative

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CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Jun 05, 2026 - 12:24 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 05, 2026 - 10:31 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in miSyncDestroyFence(). A client that sets up multiple fence triggers can trigger a use-after-free function pointer call. An attacker would connect to the X server to set up a fence and await that fence, then a second X connection destroys the fence, causing the use-after-free. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

AnalysisAI

Local privilege escalation in X.Org X server and Xwayland enables authenticated local users to trigger a use-after-free in miSyncDestroyFence() by racing two client connections against a shared fence object. Successful exploitation can crash the display server or escalate privileges to root when the X server runs as root, which remains common on legacy and embedded Linux deployments. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but an upstream fix has been committed by the X.Org maintainers.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability resides in the MIT-SHM/Sync extension code path of the X.Org xserver, specifically miSyncDestroyFence() within the miSync fence-handling logic shared between native X11 and the Xwayland compatibility server. The root cause is CWE-416 (Use After Free): the fence object's lifetime is not correctly serialized between the client that awaits the fence trigger and a separate client that destroys it, leaving a dangling function pointer that is later invoked when the trigger fires. Because the Sync extension exposes fence primitives over the X protocol, any local client with a session connection to the display server can manipulate these objects. The affected components are shipped as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10 per the provided CPEs, and the upstream patch is tracked at gitlab.freedesktop.org commit f5abfb6.

RemediationAI

Apply the upstream fix at commit f5abfb61994471023d8c6470428c8e30c411cc0b from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/f5abfb61994471023d8c6470428c8e30c411cc0b once your distribution publishes a tagged release containing it; for Red Hat customers, monitor https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50257 and Bugzilla 2485382 for RHSA errata across RHEL 6 through 10 and install the updated xorg-x11-server and xwayland packages. Upstream fix available (commit); a tagged released patched xserver version is not independently confirmed in the provided data, so verify against the X.Org announce list (https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-June/003702.html) for the corresponding 21.1.x point release. As compensating controls until patches land, run Xorg rootless (already default on modern Fedora/RHEL via systemd-logind seat takeover) to neutralize the privilege-escalation path while still leaving denial of service possible, prefer pure Wayland sessions where Xwayland runs as the unprivileged user, and on multi-user hosts restrict shell access since the attacker must connect to the local X server - note that disabling the SYNC extension entirely will break compositors and many GTK/Qt applications, so it is not a practical mitigation.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
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