Not yet scoredPublished Oct 14, 2026

CVE-2026-98404drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 10:00 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72; from dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa before 94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7

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