CVE-2026-98404drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 88% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72
- affected dc5698e80cf724770283e10414054662bdf6ccfa – < 94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7
- affected 4.2
- unaffected < 4.2
- unaffected 5.10.271 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.222 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.189 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.158 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-101053 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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