Bug 2517074 (CVE-2026-74442) - CVE-2026-74442 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure
Summary: CVE-2026-74442 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 12:48 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 14:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 12:48:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure

Two paths through vmw_vkms_init() can leave vmw->crc_workq NULL while
still leaving the rest of the driver in a state that calls
vmw_vkms_cleanup() at module unload:

  1. vmw_host_get_guestinfo(GUESTINFO_VBLANK, ...) failing or
     returning an oversized buffer -- the common case on hosts
     without a VBLANK guestinfo entry -- early-returned before the
     workqueue allocation.
  2. alloc_ordered_workqueue() returning NULL on memory pressure.

vmw_vkms_cleanup() then calls destroy_workqueue(NULL), which
dereferences wq->name and panics.

Fix the first case by removing the early return: vmw->vkms_enabled
is already false on the rpci-failure path so no work will ever be
queued, and allocating the workqueue unconditionally keeps the
control flow simple.  Fix the second case by guarding the cleanup
with a NULL check, since alloc_ordered_workqueue() can still fail
under low memory.


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