vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-53115: kernel: drm/vmwgfx: avoid null_ptr_deref in vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 2, 2024 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 2, 2024
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: avoid null_ptr_deref in vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle
The 'vmw_user_object_buffer' function may return NULL with incorrect
inputs. To avoid possible null pointer dereference, add a check whether
the 'bo' is NULL in the vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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