Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
drm/vmwgfx: Fix KMS with 3D on HW version 10
CVE-2026-23008
Description
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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