Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80701

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors vmwcursorplaneatomiccheck bounds cursor width and height only on the legacy update path; the...

CVE-2026-80701 drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors vmwcursorplaneatomiccheck bounds cursor width and height only on the legacy update path; the SVGACAP2CURSORMOB path -- the default on modern hosts -- accepts any size. When t...

CVE-2026-80701

CVE-2026-80701 affects the Linux kernel 's DRM/vmwgfx (VMware graphics) driver. The root cause is that vmw_cursor_plane_atomic_check() enforces cursor width/height bounds only on the legacy update path, while the SVGA_CAP2_CURSOR_MOB path—the default on modern hosts—accepts any size. When an over...