[El-errata] ELBA-2025-12832 Oracle Linux 9 gdm bug fix and enhancement update

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Tue Aug 5 19:11:19 UTC 2025


Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2025-12832

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2025-12832.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
gdm-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.i686.rpm
gdm-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
gdm-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.i686.rpm
gdm-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.i686.rpm
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
gdm-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
gdm-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
gdm-pam-extensions-devel-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/gdm-40.1-30.0.1.el9_6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[40.1-30.0.1]
- Disable Wayland on Matrox [Orabug: 34816116]

[40.1-30]
- Fix leak on new connections
  Resolves: RHEL-98725

[40.1-29]
- Fix legacy-xorg session switching
  The fix that intended to fix the issue wasn't complete and also,
  introduced a bug on user switching for non legacy-xorg servers.
  This fix addresses both issues.
- Avoid waiting 10s when starting GDM in legacy-xorg mode
  Resolves: RHEL-97492




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