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.
History

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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Description 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.
Title drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-11-12T01:07:25.203Z

Updated: 2025-11-12T01:07:25.203Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.167Z

Link: CVE-2025-40111

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-12T02:15:33.050

Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:12.850

Link: CVE-2025-40111

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40111 - Bugzilla