FreeRDP Files

A new release with bugfixes and many improvements for users and developers alike.

• Completed the [[nodiscard]] marking of the API to warn about problematic unchecked use of functions
• Added full C23 support (default stays at C11) to allow new compilers to do stricter checking
• Improved X11 and SDL3 clients
• Improved smartcard support
• proxy now supports RFX graphics mode

Security Advisories

• CVE-2026-29774
• CVE-2026-29775
• CVE-2026-29776
• CVE-2026-31806
• CVE-2026-31883
• CVE-2026-31884
• CVE-2026-31885
• CVE-2026-31897

What's Changed

• Attribute nodiscard related chanes (#12325, [#12360], [#12395], [#12406], [#12421], [#12426], [#12177], [#12403], [#12405], [#12407], [#12409], [#12408], [#12412], [#12413])
• c23 related improvements (#12368, [#12371], [#12379], [#12381], [#12383], [#12385], [#12386], [#12387], [#12384])
• Generic code cleanups (#12382, [#12439], [#12455], [#12462], [#12399], [#12473])
• [core,utils] ignore NULL values in remove_rdpdr_type (#12372)
• [codec,fdk] revert use of WinPR types (#12373)
• [core,gateway] ignore incomplete rpc header (#12375, [#12376])
• [warnings] make function declaration names consistent (#12377)
• [libfreerdp] Add new define for logon error info (#12380)
• [client,x11] improve rails window locking (#12392)
• Reload fix missing null checks (#12396)
• Bounds checks (#12400)
• [server,proxy] check for nullptr before using scard_call_context (#12404)
• [uwac] fix rectangular glitch around surface damage regions (#12410)
• Address various error handling inconsistencies (#12411)
• [core,server] Improve WTS API locking (#12414)
• Address some GCC compile issues (#12415, [#12420])
• Winpr atexit (#12416)
• [winpr,smartcard] fix function pointer casts (#12422)
• Xf timer fix (#12423)
• [client,sdl] workaround for wlroots compositors (#12425)
• [client,sdl] fix SdlWindow::query (#12378)
• [winpr,smartcard] fix PCSC_ReleaseCardContext (#12427)
• [client,x11] eliminate obsolete compile flags (#12428)
• [client,common] skip sending input events when not connected (#12429)
• Input connected checks (#12430)
• Floatbar and display channel improvements (#12431)
• [winpr,platform] fix WINPR_ATTR_NODISCARD definition (#12432)
• [client] Fix writing of gatewayusagemethod to .rdp files (#12433)
• Nodiscard finetune (#12435)
• [core] fix missing gateway credential sync (#12436)
• [client,sdl3] limit FREERDP_WLROOTS_HACK (#12441)
• [core,settings] Allow FreeRDP_instance in setter (#12442)
• [codec,h264] make log message trace (#12444)
• X11 rails improve (#12440)
• [codec,nsc] limit copy area in nsc_process_message (#12448)
• Proxy support RFX and NSC settings (#12449)
• [client,common] display a shortened help on parsing issues (#12450)
• [winpr,smartcard] refine locking for pcsc layer (#12451)
• [codec,swscale] allow runtime loading of swscale (#12452)
• Swscale fallback (#12454)
• Sdl multi scaling support (#12456)
• [packaging,flatpak] update runtime and dependencies (#12457)
• [codec,video] add doxygen version details (#12458)
• [github,templates] update templates (#12460)
• [client,sdl] allow FREERDP_WLROOTS_HACK for all sessions (#12461)
• [warnings,nodiscard] add log messages for failures (#12463)
• [gdi,gdi] ignore empty rectangles (#12467)
• Smartcard fix smartcard-login, pass rdpContext for abort (#12466)
• [winpr,smartcard] fix compiler warnings (#12469)
• [winpr,timezone] fix search for transition dates (#12468)
• [client,common] improve /p help (#12471)
• Scard logging refactored (#12472)
• [emu,scard] fix smartcard emulation (#12475)
• Sdl null cursor (#12474)

New Contributors

• @larsch made their first contribution in [#12410]

For a complete and detailed change log since the last release run: git log 3.24.0...3.23.0