CVE-2024-53115
kernel: drm/vmwgfx: avoid null_ptr_deref in vmw_framebuffer_surface_create_handle
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference