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CVE-2026-98404

drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create()

N/A
Published: October 14, 2026 at 01:26 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM 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/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create() Smatch complains that returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer dereference in drm_mode_addfb2(). Return an error pointer instead.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel· Linux
90%
4.2dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.271 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.222 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (8)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7

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