CVE-2025-40110

drm/vmwgfx: Fix a null-ptr access in the cursor snooper

N/A
Published: November 12, 2025 at 01:07 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix a null-ptr access in the cursor snooper Check that the resource which is converted to a surface exists before trying to use the cursor snooper on it. vmw_cmd_res_check allows explicit invalid (SVGA3D_INVALID_ID) identifiers because some svga commands accept SVGA3D_INVALID_ID to mean "no surface", unfortunately functions that accept the actual surfaces as objects might (and in case of the cursor snooper, do not) be able to handle null objects. Make sure that we validate not only the identifier (via the vmw_cmd_res_check) but also check that the actual resource exists before trying to do something with it. Fixes unchecked null-ptr reference in the snooping code.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.8c0951b797e7d0f2c6b0df2c0e18185c72d0cf1a1
Vendor states this is fixed in 13c9e4ed125e19484234c960efe5ac9c55119523 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 299cfb5a7deabdf9ecd30071755672af0aced5eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3332212e93d0f6e24f8fe79f975e077c4e68ca39 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5ac2c0279053a2c5265d46903432fb26ae2d0da2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 86aae7053d2da3fdfde7b2e84d86e4af50490505 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in af9d88cbf0fce52f465978360542ef679713491f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b6fca0a07989f361ceda27cb2d09c555d4d4a964 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.248 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.198 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.54 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.113 (unaffected)

Remediation

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