CVE-2026-23008
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-476
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91bdd21d5efb3072beefbec13762b7722200c49 ↗