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CVE-2026-98608

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix object leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() calls drm_gem_object_release() on the drm_gem_handle_create() error path instead of dropping the reference it owns, so obj->funcs->free() never runs and the virtio_gpu_object, its pages and sg table, the resource id and the host-side resource are leaked. Use drm_gem_object_put() instead.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-18 16:17:13.560000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:19:22.770000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:13.560",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:22.770",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/virtio: fix object leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl()\n\nvirtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() calls drm_gem_object_release() on the\ndrm_gem_handle_create() error path instead of dropping the reference it\nowns, so obj->funcs->free() never runs and the virtio_gpu_object, its\npages and sg table, the resource id and the host-side resource are\nleaked.\n\nUse drm_gem_object_put() instead."
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