CVE-2026-23430 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/vmwgfx: Don't overwrite KMS surface dirty tracker

We were overwriting the surface's dirty tracker here causing a memory leak.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/354c8bbf8d1e4aa61e580dbe160591feda504e4f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f300a41a3668095688aa4551214e8080829fa93
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6cb77c474a32265e21c4871c7992468bf5e7638

History

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Don't overwrite KMS surface dirty tracker We were overwriting the surface's dirty tracker here causing a memory leak.
Title		drm/vmwgfx: Don't overwrite KMS surface dirty tracker
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/354c8bbf8d1e4aa61e580dbe160591feda504e4f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f300a41a3668095688aa4551214e8080829fa93 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6cb77c474a32265e21c4871c7992468bf5e7638

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-04-03T15:15:16.687Z

Updated: 2026-04-03T15:15:16.687Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T15:37:46.016Z

Link: CVE-2026-23430

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-03T16:16:24.357

Modified: 2026-04-03T16:16:24.357

Link: CVE-2026-23430

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Weaknesses

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