High 7.8Published Nov 11, 2025

CVE-2025-40111drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation Nodes stored in the validation duplicates hashtable come from an arena allocator that is cleared at the end of vmw_execbuf_process. All nodes are expected to be cleared in vmw_validation_drop_ht but this node escaped because its resource was destroyed prematurely.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before 1822e5287b7dfa59d0af966756ebf1dc652b60ee; from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before fb7165e5f3b3b10721ff70553583ad12e90e447a; 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 builds before 4c918f9d1ccccc0e092f43dcb2d8266f54d7340b; 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 builds before 9a8eaca539708ca532747f606d231f70e684e8ca; from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before 867bda5d95d36f10da398fd4409e21c7002b2332; from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before 655a2f29bfc21105c80bf8a7d7aafa6eca8b4496; from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before 65608e991c2d771c13404e5c7ae122ac3c3357a4; from 64ad2abfe9a628ce79859d072704bd1ef7682044 before dfe1323ab3c8a4dd5625ebfdba44dc47df84512a	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1822e5287b7dfa59d0af966756ebf1dc652b60ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7165e5f3b3b10721ff70553583ad12e90e447a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c918f9d1ccccc0e092f43dcb2d8266f54d7340b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8eaca539708ca532747f606d231f70e684e8ca
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/867bda5d95d36f10da398fd4409e21c7002b2332
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655a2f29bfc21105c80bf8a7d7aafa6eca8b4496
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65608e991c2d771c13404e5c7ae122ac3c3357a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe1323ab3c8a4dd5625ebfdba44dc47df84512a

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