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drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.7
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-23008
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 05:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 25 Jan 2026, 14:36 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-23008
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.7
Complete source record
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