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CVE-2022-50842
drm/virtio: Check whether transferred 2D BO is shmem
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Check whether transferred 2D BO is shmem Transferred 2D BO always must be a shmem BO. Add check for that to prevent NULL dereference if userspace passes a VRAM BO.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f134f261d76ae3d5ecf68db642eaa746ceb84cfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f122bcb34f1a4b02ef3d95058d8fd1316ea03785
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989164305b933af06d69bb91044dafbd01025371
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e133af33ea54193378b190cf92c47c12a43d34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e473216b42aa1fd9fc6b94b608b42c210c655908
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
f651c8b055423057d9f41525dfdc37b4796015d1, 5.7, 0, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 30th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.