CVE-2022-49737
Publication date 16 March 2025
Last updated 7 May 2025
Ubuntu priority
In X.Org X server 20.11 through 21.1.16, when a client application uses easystroke for mouse gestures, the main thread modifies various data structures used by the input thread without acquiring a lock, aka a race condition. In particular, AttachDevice in dix/devices.c does not acquire an input lock.
Read the notes from the security team
Why is this CVE low priority?
This is a minor severity issue
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| xorg | 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
| 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| xorg-hwe-16.04 | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| xorg-hwe-18.04 | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
| xorg-server | 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
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| xorg-server-hwe-16.04 | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| xorg-server-hwe-18.04 | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| xwayland | 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
Notes
mdeslaur
xorg server is actually the xorg-server package the xorg package only contains docs xwayland package contains parts of xorg-server Upstream X.org developers have not released a new version for this issue. This is a minor issue and can wait to be bundled with the next round of X server updates.