CVE-2025-26601 HIGH

CVE-2025-26601: Xorg: xwayland: use-after-free in syncinittrigger()

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-416
Published February 25, 2025
Last update April 6, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. When changing an alarm, the values of the change mask are evaluated one after the other, changing the trigger values as requested, and eventually, SyncInitTrigger() is called. If one of the changes triggers an error, the function will return early, not adding the new sync object, possibly causing a use-after-free when the alarm eventually triggers.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 25, 2025 CVE published
April 6, 2026 Record updated