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CVE-2024-0408 — A flaw was found in the X

A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The GLX PBuffer code does not call the XACE hook when creating the buffer, leaving it unlabeled. When the client issues another request to access that resource (as with a GetGeometry) or when it creates another resource that needs to access t

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.02% (top 95.40%)
CWE
CWE-158
Published
2024-01-18T15:40:06.955Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T07:08:59.547Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in the X.Org server. The GLX PBuffer code does not call the XACE hook when creating the buffer, leaving it unlabeled. When the client issues another request to access that resource (as with a GetGeometry) or when it creates another resource that needs to access that buffer, such as a GC, the XSELINUX code will try to use an object that was never labeled and crash because the SID…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
??21.1.0
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:1.20.4-27.el7_9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:1.20.11-22.el8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:21.1.3-15.el8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:1.20.11-24.el9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:22.1.9-5.el9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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