This is already fixed in Debian as bug #1142771
(https://bugs.debian.org/1142771), resolved by maintainer Alberto Garcia in
webkit2gtk 2.53.90-1 (2026-08-10), changelog: "Use the SHM transport with
NVIDIA GPUs (Closes: #1142771)".

Ubuntu 26.04 still ships 2.52.6-0ubuntu0.26.04.1, which carries the older
disable-nvidia-dmabuf.patch that disables the SharedMemory transport on NVIDIA
too (not just DMABuf), leaving AcceleratedBackingStore null and crashing the
UI process (SIGSEGV in AcceleratedBackingStore::update via
EnterAcceleratedCompositingMode) as soon as a page forces compositing.

Request: backport the Debian fix (keep the SHM transport on NVIDIA — move the
isNVIDIA() early-return after mode.add(SharedMemory)) to 26.04's 2.52.6, or
sync a webkit2gtk that already contains it. A standalone patch is attached to
this bug.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1142771
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1142771

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  disable-nvidia-dmabuf.patch also disables SharedMemory transport,
  causing null AcceleratedBackingStore SIGSEGV on NVIDIA

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