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

drm/vmwgfx: Validate the box size for the snooped cursor

Invalid userspace dma surface copies could potentially overflow
the memcpy from the surface to the snooped image leading to crashes.
To fix it the dimensions of the copybox have to be validated
against the expected size of the snooped cursor.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Validate the box size for the snooped cursor Invalid userspace dma surface copies could potentially overflow the memcpy from the surface to the snooped image leading to crashes. To fix it the dimensions of the copybox have to be validated against the expected size of the snooped cursor.
Title drm/vmwgfx: Validate the box size for the snooped cursor
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:16.567Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:07.010Z

Link: CVE-2022-50440

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:36.133

Modified: 2025-10-01T12:15:36.133

Link: CVE-2022-50440

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