GPU memory corruption via oversized indirect buffers
Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026
Improper input validation in Linux amdgpu allows local users to corrupt GPU control fields through an oversized indirect buffer. amdgpu_cs_p2_ib() converts user-controlled ib_bytes to ib->length_dw without enforcing the ring packet limit, and ring_emit_ib() folds excess bits into adjacent VMID and control fields. Standard local access to an AMD GPU render node is sufficient, enabling cross-context GPU memory reads or writes and GPU hangs or resets.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Linux amdgpu allows local users to corrupt GPU control fields through an oversized indirect buffer. amdgpu_cs_p2_ib() converts user-controlled ib_bytes to ib->length_dw without enforcing the ring packet limit, and ring_emit_ib() folds excess bits into adjacent VMID and control fields. Standard local access to an AMD GPU render node is sufficient, enabling cross-context GPU memory reads or writes and GPU hangs or resets.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80576
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.2
- Affected versionversion=d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 <07fe270ec07c138a70afe7a81e115a85c35c545c
- Affected versionversion=d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 <1474f3970d1afd303e12ff14d06808eabb371576
- Affected versionversion=d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 <6e164ba1057175fb8a370d8e05cbff5c57eac0c8
- Affected versionversion=d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 <fd37f9dd5b5ab70a46fa7bc76623c0528d602b27
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