CVE-2026-80702

Technical Description

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

drm/vmwgfx: fix guest_memory_dirty bitfield clobbered as size

Two sites in vmwgfx_resource.c assign boolean literals to

res->guest_memory_size, which is an unsigned long allocation-size

field; the intended target is the adjacent res->guest_memory_dirty

bitfield. After the assignments the field holds 0 or 1 instead of

the resource's MOB allocation size:

- vmw_resource_release() writes 0 (false), and

- vmw_resource_unbind_list() writes 1 (true).

Subsequent revalidation paths read guest_memory_size when computing

the dirty page range (vmw_bo_dirty_transfer_to_res()) and the buffer

allocation size (vmw_resource_buf_alloc()), producing zero-length

walks or wrap-around ranges that read or write past the MOB bitmap.

The dirty-tracking intent of the original code (mark the resource as

dirtied since the last sync) is also lost, since guest_memory_dirty

is never updated.

Rename both assignments to guest_memory_

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References