CVE-2026-74444 (GCVE-0-2026-74444)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 12:26
Modified
2026-08-19 16:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: validate DRAW_PRIMITIVES header size before division
vmw_cmd_draw() computes
maxnum = (header->size - sizeof(cmd->body)) / sizeof(*decl);
where header->size is u32 and is taken straight from the user-supplied
command stream. When header->size is less than sizeof(cmd->body) the
unsigned subtraction wraps to nearly 4 GiB, producing a huge maxnum.
Any user-controlled cmd->body.numVertexDecls then passes the bound and
the loop dereferences decl[i] far past the end of the kernel command
bounce buffer, producing an out-of-bounds read of kernel memory.
Reject undersized headers up front.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 Version: 7a73ba7469cbea631050094fd14f73acebb97cf9 |
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