diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa87ff4b..f276e493 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
+* [Unreleased](#unreleased)
 * [1.16.0](#1-16-0)
 * [1.15.3](#1-15-3)
 * [1.15.2](#1-15-2)
@@ -46,13 +47,31 @@
 * [1.2.0](#1-2-0)
 
 
+## Unreleased
+### Added
+### Changed
+### Deprecated
+### Removed
+### Fixed
+
+* Foot not starting on linux kernels before 6.3 ([#1514][1514]).
+* Cells underneath erased sixels not being repainted ([#1515][1515]).
+
+[1514]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1514
+[1515]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1515
+
+
+### Security
+### Contributors
+
+
 ## 1.16.0
 
 ### Added
 
 * Support for building with _wayland-protocols_ as a subproject.
 * Mouse wheel scrolls can now be used in `mouse-bindings`
-  ([#1077](1077)).
+  ([#1077][1077]).
 * New mouse bindings: `scrollback-up-mouse` and
   `scrollback-down-mouse`, bound to `BTN_BACK` and `BTN_FORWARD`
   respectively.
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 81e9a0a4..11d323d5 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@ render_sixel_chunk(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix, const struct sixe
 
 static void
 render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
-             const struct coord *cursor, const struct sixel *sixel)
+             pixman_region32_t *damage, const struct coord *cursor,
+             const struct sixel *sixel)
 {
     xassert(sixel->pix != NULL);
     xassert(sixel->width >= 0);
@@ -1293,8 +1294,7 @@ render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
          */
         if (!sixel->opaque) {
             /* TODO: multithreading */
-            int cursor_col = cursor->row == term_row_no ? cursor->col : -1;
-            render_row(term, pix, NULL, row, term_row_no, cursor_col);
+            render_row(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, cursor_col);
         } else {
             for (int col = sixel->pos.col;
                  col < min(sixel->pos.col + sixel->cols, term->cols);
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
                     if ((last_row_needs_erase && last_row) ||
                         (last_col_needs_erase && last_col))
                     {
-                        render_cell(term, pix, NULL, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col == col);
+                        render_cell(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col);
                     } else {
                         cell->attrs.clean = 1;
                         cell->attrs.confined = 1;
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
 
 static void
 render_sixel_images(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
+                    pixman_region32_t *damage,
                     const struct coord *cursor)
 {
     if (likely(tll_length(term->grid->sixel_images)) == 0)
@@ -1370,7 +1371,7 @@ render_sixel_images(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
         }
 
         sixel_sync_cache(term, &it->item);
-        render_sixel(term, pix, cursor, &it->item);
+        render_sixel(term, pix, damage, cursor, &it->item);
     }
 }
 
@@ -2974,7 +2975,10 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
         }
     }
 
-    render_sixel_images(term, buf->pix[0], &cursor);
+    pixman_region32_t damage;
+    pixman_region32_init(&damage);
+
+    render_sixel_images(term, buf->pix[0], &damage, &cursor);
 
     if (term->render.workers.count > 0) {
         mtx_lock(&term->render.workers.lock);
@@ -2985,9 +2989,6 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
         xassert(tll_length(term->render.workers.queue) == 0);
     }
 
-    pixman_region32_t damage;
-    pixman_region32_init(&damage);
-
     for (int r = 0; r < term->rows; r++) {
         struct row *row = grid_row_in_view(term->grid, r);
 
diff --git a/shm.c b/shm.c
index 8ca0ead0..171459f6 100644
--- a/shm.c
+++ b/shm.c
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
  #define MAP_UNINITIALIZED 0
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL)
-    #define FOOT_MFD_FLAGS (MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL)
-#else
-    #define FOOT_MFD_FLAGS (MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING)
+#if !defined(MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL)
+ #define MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL 0
 #endif
 
 #define TIME_SCROLL 0
@@ -339,7 +337,20 @@ get_new_buffers(struct buffer_chain *chain, size_t count,
 
     /* Backing memory for SHM */
 #if defined(MEMFD_CREATE)
-    pool_fd = memfd_create("foot-wayland-shm-buffer-pool", FOOT_MFD_FLAGS);
+    /*
+     * Older kernels reject MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL with EINVAL. Try first
+     * *with* it, and if that fails, try again *without* it.
+     */
+    errno = 0;
+    pool_fd = memfd_create(
+        "foot-wayland-shm-buffer-pool",
+        MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL);
+
+    if (pool_fd < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
+        pool_fd = memfd_create(
+            "foot-wayland-shm-buffer-pool", MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING);
+    }
+
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
     // memfd_create on FreeBSD 13 is SHM_ANON without sealing support
     pool_fd = shm_open(SHM_ANON, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC, 0600);
diff --git a/sixel.c b/sixel.c
index bd2ebe1d..8a0b130f 100644
--- a/sixel.c
+++ b/sixel.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ sixel_erase(struct terminal *term, struct sixel *sixel)
 
         row->dirty = true;
 
-        for (int c = sixel->pos.col; c < min(sixel->cols, term->cols); c++)
+        for (int c = sixel->pos.col; c < min(sixel->pos.col + sixel->cols, term->cols); c++)
             row->cells[c].attrs.clean = 0;
     }