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CVE-2025-40277 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's VMware guest graphics driver (drm/vmwgfx). The flaw involves a failure to validate a command header size against the constant SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE, allowing user-supplied values to influence buffer offset calculations and potentially cause an out-of-bounds access. Patches were released in early December 2025, with upstream stable-tree commits and distribution trackers providing the patch series and backports for recent kernel trees. This tag covers discussions and updates related to the CVE-2025-40277 vulnerability, including its disclosure, impact, and remediation.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Linux Kernel Patch Fixes VMware SVGA Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-40277

    The Linux kernel was patched to fix a bug in the VMware guest graphics driver (drm/vmwgfx) that failed to validate a command header size against the constant SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE, allowing user-supplied values to influence buffer offset calculations and potentially cause an out‑of‑bounds...