CVE-2024-46712

The documented CVE-2024-46712 affects the Linux kernel's DRM VMWGFX subsystem: coherent dumb buffers are enabled even when 3D is disabled, causing guest-only content to be retained and wasting guest-host synchronization efforts. The problem arises because coherent surfaces are only meaningful wit...

CVE-2024-46712

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Disable coherent dumb buffers without 3d Coherent surfaces make only sense if the host renders to them using accelerated apis. Without 3d the entire content of dumb buffers stays in the guest making all of the extra...