description: A flaw was found in GDM in versions prior to 3.38.2.1. A race condition in the handling of session shutdown makes it possible to bypass the lock screen for a user that has autologin enabled, accessing their session without authentication. This is similar to CVE-2017-12164, but requires more difficult conditions to exploit.
problem types: CWE-362
affected:
{
product: gdm
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: prior to 3.38.2.1
}