CVE 7.8 HIGH

drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value in vmw_translate_ptr functions_CVE-2026-23317

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value in vmw_translate_ptr functions

Before the referenced fixes these functions used a lookup function that
returned a pointer. This was changed to another lookup function that
returned an error code with the pointer becoming an out parameter.

The error path when the lookup failed was not changed to reflect this
change and the code continued to return the PTR_ERR of the now
uninitialized pointer. This could cause the vmw_translate_ptr functions
to return success when they actually failed causing further uninitialized
and OOB accesses.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23317
Source Linux
Published Mar 25, 2026 at 10:27
Modified Apr 2, 2026 at 14:44

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 7ac9578e45b20e3f3c0c8eb71f5417a499a7226a
Affected Versions Linux Linux 7ac9578e45b20e3f3c0c8eb71f5417a499a7226a
Linux Linux a309c7194e8a2f8bd4539b9449917913f6c2cd50
Linux Linux a309c7194e8a2f8bd4539b9449917913f6c2cd50
Linux Linux a309c7194e8a2f8bd4539b9449917913f6c2cd50
Linux Linux a309c7194e8a2f8bd4539b9449917913f6c2cd50
Linux Linux a309c7194e8a2f8bd4539b9449917913f6c2cd50
Linux Linux 6.2

References

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