CVE-2026-98404
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create() Smatch complains that returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer dereference in drm_mode_addfb2(). Return an error pointer instead.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.