Public bug reported: libx11 suffers from 32-bit sequence wraparound for programs that make a large number of calls to the server. (See: https://lists.x.org/archives /xorg-devel/2013-October/038370.html )
The Freedesktop bug is here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71338 This was fixed with this commit: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=a72d2d06c002b644b7040a0a9936c8525e092ba8 This fix requires libxcb >= 1.11.1 for the 64-bit sequence API. Xenial and higher ship libxcb 1.11.1. Can this patch be pulled into the Ubuntu package? ** Affects: libx11 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libx11 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624560 Title: Use XCB 64-bit sequence API Status in libx11 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: libx11 suffers from 32-bit sequence wraparound for programs that make a large number of calls to the server. (See: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2013-October/038370.html ) The Freedesktop bug is here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71338 This was fixed with this commit: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=a72d2d06c002b644b7040a0a9936c8525e092ba8 This fix requires libxcb >= 1.11.1 for the 64-bit sequence API. Xenial and higher ship libxcb 1.11.1. Can this patch be pulled into the Ubuntu package? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/+bug/1624560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
