vmwgfx Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

Vulnerability of the vmwframebuffersurfacecreatehandle function in the drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfxkms.c module – The Linux kernel’s DRI driver support mechanism relies on pointer manipulation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53115

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: avoid nullptrderef in vmwframebuffersurfacecreatehandle The 'vmwuserobjectbuffer' function may return NULL with incorrect inputs. To avoid possible null pointer dereference, add a check whether the 'bo' is NULL in the...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that originates in the vmwframebuffersurfacecreatehandle function in the drm/vmwgfx component that may return NULL when...

PT-2024-35580

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A null pointer dereference issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The vmw user object buffer function may return NULL with incorrect inputs, potentially leading to a null pointer...