CVE-2026-23008 (GCVE-0-2026-23008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-25 14:36 – Updated: 2026-02-09 08:37
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Title
drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10 HW version 10 does not have GB Surfaces so there is no backing buffer for surface backed FBs. This would result in a nullptr dereference and crash the driver causing a black screen.
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Linux Linux Affected: 965544150d1cadf0e8f5bb6c13c19697e46e1429 , < a91bdd21d5efb3072beefbec13762b7722200c49 (git)
Affected: 965544150d1cadf0e8f5bb6c13c19697e46e1429 , < d9186faeae6efb7d0841a5e8eb213ff4c7966614 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.7 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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