X.Org Server 1.20.9 released

[Posted August 26, 2020 by coogle]

The X.Org project has announced the release of xorg-server version 1.20.9. Among other improvements are numerous fixes to XWayland, including a bug that could cause an infinite loop at startup as well as other potential crash fixes. The release also addresses several security issues that can "lead to local privileges elevation on systems where the X server is running privileged." Users of xorg-server are encouraged to upgrade.