CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40111

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a Use-after-free vulnerability was found in the vmwgfx graphics driver during validation. A node stored in the validation duplicates hashtable was not properly cleared because its resource was destroyed prematurely.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to kernel memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-40111.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation Nodes stored in the validation duplicates hashtable come from an arena allocator that is cleared at the end of vmw_execbuf_process. All nodes are expected to be cleared in vmw_validation_drop_ht but this node escaped because its resource was destroyed prematurely.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS