CVE-2025-40111
Published Nov 12, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation Nodes stored in the validation duplicates hashtable come from an arena allocator that is cleared at the end of vmw_execbuf_process. All nodes are expected to be cleared in vmw_validation_drop_ht but this node escaped because its resource was destroyed prematurely.
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References
Other References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1822e5287b7dfa59d0af966756ebf1dc652b60ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c918f9d1ccccc0e092f43dcb2d8266f54d7340b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655a2f29bfc21105c80bf8a7d7aafa6eca8b4496
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65608e991c2d771c13404e5c7ae122ac3c3357a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/867bda5d95d36f10da398fd4409e21c7002b2332
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8eaca539708ca532747f606d231f70e684e8ca
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe1323ab3c8a4dd5625ebfdba44dc47df84512a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7165e5f3b3b10721ff70553583ad12e90e447a
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-40111? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation
Nodes stored in the validation duplicates hashtable come from an arena
allocator that is cleared at the end of vmw_execbuf_process. All nodes
are expected to be cleared in vmw_validation_drop_ht but this node escaped
because its resource was destroyed prematurely.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-40111? +
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