{"id":"CVE-2026-52966","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-52966","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:46:45.647Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Replace old pointer to new idr Commit 5e28b7b94408 introduced a logical error by failing to replace the newly generated IDR pointer to old id's pointer at the correct location…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm: Replace old pointer to new idr\n\nCommit 5e28b7b94408 introduced a logical error by failing to replace the\nnewly generated IDR pointer to old id's pointer at the correct location\nwithin the \"change handle\" logic; this resulted in the issue reported by\nsyzbot [1].\n\nSpecifically, the new IDR object pointer is intended to replace the original\nid's pointer during the normal execution flow.\n\nAdditionally, an unnecessary conditional check for the ret exit path has\nbeen removed.\n\n[1]\n!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&prime_fpriv->dmabufs)\nWARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c:224 at drm_prime_destroy_file_private+0x48/0x60 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c:224, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5833\nCall Trace:\n drm_file_free.part.0+0x7e6/0xcc0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:269\n drm_file_free drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:237 [inline]\n drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x186/0x200 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:290\n drm_release+0x1ab/0x360 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:438","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-14T20:20:55.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0017,"percentile":0.06331,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/318b995cffcfcaa69a234d28123a3f4ae186a9df","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38f12d0e10d83b66fa1466400d876a3a8da31542","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc366607c41c45fd0ae6f3db090f31dd611b644a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52966","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}