Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2026
CVE-2026-80888
CVE-2026-80888
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: drop dma_buf reference on foreign-fd prime import
ttm_prime_fd_to_handle() returns -ENOSYS when the imported fd's dma_buf->ops do not match the ttm_object_device's ops, but does so without releasing the reference acquired by dma_buf_get(). Any unprivileged renderD client passing a non-vmwgfx prime fd through the DRM_VMW_GB_SURFACE_REF{,_EXT} path leaks one dma_buf reference per call and indefinitely pins the foreign exporter's GEM resources.
Funnel the error path through the existing dma_buf_put() so the reference is always dropped.
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df39eb99bb47d1f24d1952c23b21b10988356bfnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/619c3cfa88e09603a13d918f754808db2dda7057nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e972fa94c3a8069e022c67b9d97c7aa7b05293nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8434b145b1e467940334c58c00af241e9494c5fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c22fca0a0896a452a7cb92422d67babd65b4benvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f739416dc555fa205a785e5135d73fa39b26f35dnvd
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