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CVE-2026-74445

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the vmwgfx driver has a vulnerability where DX_BIND_QUERY is processed without checking for a DX context. A user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, causing a kernel panic. The fix adds an early rejection when no DX context is present.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could trigger a kernel panic (DoS) by submitting a crafted execbuf command.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix (commit from the vmwgfx series).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: reject DX_BIND_QUERY without a DX context vmw_cmd_dx_bind_query() unconditionally dereferences sw_context->dx_ctx_node->ctx. Userspace can trigger a NULL pointer dereference from any render-node fd by submitting an execbuf with dx_context_handle == SVGA3D_INVALID_ID and a SVGA_3D_CMD_DX_BIND_QUERY opcode in the command stream: dx_ctx_node is left NULL and the kernel oopses on the assignment. The same NULL is then re-read in vmw_resources_reserve() via vmw_context_get_dx_query_mob(). All sibling DX handlers fail-close on a missing dx_ctx_node using VMW_GET_CTX_NODE(). Use the same pattern here, returning -EINVAL up front before any relocation state is published.

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