Kernel memory disclosure via reversed array stride
Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel allows local users to disclose kernel memory through a crafted PowerVR device-query ioctl. In pvr_set_uobj_array(), the slow path advances the kernel pointer by the user-supplied stride instead of the object size, causing later copy_to_user operations to read beyond the kernel object array; it also clears padding only for the first element. Access to an Imagination PowerVR render node is required; repeated requests can expose kernel data or trigger a system panic, while systems without PowerVR hardware are unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel allows local users to disclose kernel memory through a crafted PowerVR device-query ioctl. In pvr_set_uobj_array(), the slow path advances the kernel pointer by the user-supplied stride instead of the object size, causing later copy_to_user operations to read beyond the kernel object array; it also clears padding only for the first element. Access to an Imagination PowerVR render node is required; repeated requests can expose kernel data or trigger a system panic, while systems without PowerVR hardware are unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-68262
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.8
- Affected versionversion=f99f5f3ea7efd54ba0529c4f2d7c72712918a522 <09beaf4aec05b0525f2153dce693f3eb3166697a
- Affected versionversion=f99f5f3ea7efd54ba0529c4f2d7c72712918a522 <8dc8f3f4c2382fb7d1b1986ba8f33a2466cd3d7a
- Affected versionversion=f99f5f3ea7efd54ba0529c4f2d7c72712918a522 <b983a35dad3701399c692d7c6eb57d8b6ffc0929
- Affected versionversion=f99f5f3ea7efd54ba0529c4f2d7c72712918a522 <bbebc39a70f6fc9b02637c8624349e30325873cb
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