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CVE-2024-53115

kernel: drm/vmwgfx: avoid null_ptr_deref in vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 2, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/vmwgfx: avoid null_ptr_deref in vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle

The 'vmw_user_object_buffer' function may return NULL with incorrect inputs. To avoid possible null pointer dereference, add a check whether the 'bo' is NULL in the vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference