In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors
vmw_cursor_plane_atomic_check() bounds cursor width and height only on the legacy update path; the SVGA_CAP2_CURSOR_MOB path -- the default on modern hosts -- accepts any size. When the requested size exceeds SVGA_REG_CURSOR_MAX_DIMENSION or SVGA_REG_MOB_MAX_SIZE, vmw_cursor_mob_get() returns -EINVAL and leaves vps->cursor.mob NULL. Its return value is then discarded in vmw_cursor_plane_prepare_fb(), so the subsequent vmw_cursor_update_mob() calls vmw_bo_map_and_cache(NULL) and oopses inside vmw_bo_map_and_cache_size() on the tbo.base.size load.
Reachable from any DRM master via DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CURSOR2 with a sufficiently large width or height (e.g. cursor_max_dim + 1).
Reject oversized cursors in atomic_check for both MOB-backed cursor update types. The MOB byte-size limit only applies to the SVGA_CAP2_CURSOR_MOB path (vmw_cursor_mob_size() returns 0 for GB_ONLY); compute the required MOB size in 64-bit to avoid overflow when very large dimensions are requested.
In prepare_fb only call vmw_cursor_mob_get()/_map() for VMW_CURSOR_UPDATE_MOB -- the GB_ONLY path uses bo->map.virtual directly and would otherwise be silently downgraded to NONE on hosts without SVGA_CAP2_CURSOR_MOB (where vmw_cursor_mob_get() always returns -EINVAL). Degrade the update to NONE if vmw_cursor_mob_get() or vmw_cursor_mob_map() fails so the update path does not run with a NULL backing MOB.
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.44-99.149Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-devel | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
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