CVE-2026-46211

MEDIUM

drm/msm/gem: fix error handling in msm_ioctl_gem_info_get_metadata()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/gem: fix error handling in msm_ioctl_gem_info_get_metadata() msm_ioctl_gem_info_get_metadata() always returns 0 regardless of errors. When copy_to_user() fails or the user buffer is too small, the error code stored in ret is ignored because the function unconditionally returns 0. This causes userspace to believe the ioctl succeeded when it did not. Additionally, kmemdup() can return NULL on allocation failure, but the return value is not checked. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference in the subsequent copy_to_user() call. Add the missing NULL check for kmemdup() and return ret instead of 0. Note that the SET counterpart (msm_ioctl_gem_info_set_metadata) correctly returns ret. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/714478/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.12.90 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.32 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 7.0.9 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux 7.1-rc1
Linux/Linux 9902cb999e4e913d98e8afe4b36c08e4a793e1ce - 47cbfe2608314b833ad61a65827d8fb363bc2d2d
Linux/Linux 9902cb999e4e913d98e8afe4b36c08e4a793e1ce - 697e1a9559f6962f999cc4c748c2ffffcc0a7a7a
Linux/Linux 9902cb999e4e913d98e8afe4b36c08e4a793e1ce - b079e85c91f446f29e808d8291189e897f1884ff
... and 2 more
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 28, 2026