Kernel crash via destination-sized HDMI infoframe copy
Published Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 3, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel DRM HDMI connector allows attackers to cause a kernel crash via unspecified vectors. The helper in drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.c copies 60 bytes from a 28-byte audio infoframe allocation because it uses the generic destination size rather than the source size. If the read crosses a page boundary, it raises an access violation; the upstream report observed the defect only under KUnit with KASAN and establishes no attacker-controlled production path.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel DRM HDMI connector allows attackers to cause a kernel crash via unspecified vectors. The helper in drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.c copies 60 bytes from a 28-byte audio infoframe allocation because it uses the generic destination size rather than the source size. If the read crosses a page boundary, it raises an access violation; the upstream report observed the defect only under KUnit with KASAN and establishes no attacker-controlled production path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80749
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 3, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.11
- Affected versionversion=f378b77227bc4732922c57f92be89438bb1018a1 <9ecf8ba763d0ffe0673538eb4bf7806f20455d19
- Affected versionversion=f378b77227bc4732922c57f92be89438bb1018a1 <d9f7454c185c0c7f0973e11d62ad6c06862c324c
- Affected versionversion=f378b77227bc4732922c57f92be89438bb1018a1 <e5b527804a1ea4f70e139179d3062cf5de8c06ab
- Affected versionversion=f378b77227bc4732922c57f92be89438bb1018a1 <f72bb95732bc5ca87b50c52c8f087ba501950809
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