Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2025-03-17T16:07:13.541Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-49737 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
X.org
  • X Server
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2022-49737.

URL Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1081338;filename=dix-Hold-input-lock-for-AttachDevice.patch;msg=5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1081338 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/dc7cb45482cea6ccec22d117ca0b489500b4d0a0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1260 cve-icon cve-icon
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