CVE Catalog
CVE-2026-23430
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk0.12%
2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the vmwgfx graphics driver (for VMware) in the Linux kernel, a memory leak occurs due to overwriting the surface dirty tracker in KMS mode.
Risk Assessment
Memory leak can degrade graphics performance and cause instability in VMware environments.
Recommendation
Apply the patch that prevents overwriting the dirty tracker, eliminating the memory leak.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Don't overwrite KMS surface dirty tracker We were overwriting the surface's dirty tracker here causing a memory leak.