Kernel disclosure and crash via excessive resolution count
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux Kernel Hyper-V DRM driver allows attackers controlling the video backend to disclose kernel data or crash guests. The response parser trusts resolution_count in SYNTHVID_RESOLUTION_RESPONSE and indexes past the 64-entry supported_resolution array; a failed probe also leaves display limits unset. Exploitation requires a malicious or compromised Hyper-V host, and the result is kernel-data exposure, a guest oops, or rejection of every userspace framebuffer.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux Kernel Hyper-V DRM driver allows attackers controlling the video backend to disclose kernel data or crash guests. The response parser trusts resolution_count in SYNTHVID_RESOLUTION_RESPONSE and indexes past the 64-entry supported_resolution array; a failed probe also leaves display limits unset. Exploitation requires a malicious or compromised Hyper-V host, and the result is kernel-data exposure, a guest oops, or rejection of every userspace framebuffer.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64524
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.14
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <13d33b9ef67066c77c84273fac5a1d3fde3533d1
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <1fb565b77b8f44afabb02de6310065f109d89e94
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <8a114b25b5521eae451b13bce98ae978624962e5
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <96f7de3172d4aa878b7f87173b2b3507c350fcd6
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <9c698b2c43c2667c34f5336bf46ad5786216ac2a
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <a321c908f2eeea01539668eb270d074d9b88e490
- Affected versionversion=76c56a5affeba1e163b66b9d8cc192e6154466f0 <bc573752f3dac0d1ab8df7078c1851bc76717653
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