A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in SyncChangeCounter(). 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. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.
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"cna_assigner": "redhat",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/50xxx/CVE-2026-50261.json"
}{
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"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "21.1.23"
},
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]
}