# CVE-2026-53347: drm/virtio: Fix driver removal with disabled KMS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Fix driver removal with disabled KMS DRM atomic and modesetting aren't initialized if virtio-gpu driver built with disabled KMS, leading to access of uninitialized data on driver removal/unbinding and crashing kernel. Fix it by skipping shutting down atomic core with unavailable KMS.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3e134700a2e07caa99b9bc0683ebbe0327c562
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a5f891cda6d121c149c94cda89c31ec7024ee3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a6a00ff50c284f3a9818882ad2be58b33b790a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15e561869a8b4e4db69733be1d6f33770664f989
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f329e8325e054bd6d84d10904f8dd51137281b92

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