Bug 2552228 (CVE-2026-98404) - CVE-2026-98404 kernel: drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create()
Summary: CVE-2026-98404 kernel: drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98404
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-14 13:52 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-15 09:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-14 13:52:42 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create()

Smatch complains that returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer
dereference in drm_mode_addfb2().  Return an error pointer instead.
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