CVE-2026-80702: Linux kernel · drm/vmwgfx: fix guest_memory_dirty bitfield clobbered as size
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
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_dirty.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80702 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/21bbe38faee4a195d33a93e3908e307807f7745d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/282f261cb035e5f01a486f76d356b7e9dbfba73f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b2bb16a5b622867140d69925db411ac8ecb3b2b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/83195b778f2d109a3a4f3ffaba4dce7e4cdb58aa (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d6cbb76fe9cd760351f6b0b20f1bf788eab8fa6 (opens in a new tab)