drm/amdgpu/vce: fix integer overflow in image size
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 15 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/vce: fix integer overflow in image size Fix a security vulnerability where malicious VCE command streams with oversized dimensions (e.g. 65536×65536) cause 32-bit integer overflow, wrapping the calculated buffer size to 0. This bypasses validation and allows GPU firmware to perform out-of-bound memory access. The fix uses 64-bit arithmetic to detect overflow and rejects invalid dimensions before they reach the hardware. V2: remove redundant check V3: modify max height value V4: remove size64 (cherry picked from commit cbe408dba581755ad1279a487ec786d8927d778d)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2026:89197 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating CriticalOpenShift Container Platform 4.22.20 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 rhcos-aarch64-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0, rhcos-ppc64le-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0, rhcos-s390x-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0 +1
- RHSA-2026:82807 Released 2026-10-14 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.173.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.173.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.173.1.el8_10 +19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.173.1.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:82806 Released 2026-10-14 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.173.1.rt7.514.el8_10 +7
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:71700 Released 2026-09-25 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8 +28
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, libperf-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-687.52.1.el9_8 +9
- RHSA-2026:71602 Released 2026-09-24 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, libperf-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-211.60.1.el10_2 +9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71602 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71700 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71602 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82807 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71700 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82807 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71602 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71700 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82806 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:82806 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71602 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71700 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71602 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:71700 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:89197 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68108
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-34qj-qvm5-mprq
- 2026-10-15 Fix available: RHSA-2026:82806 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 Fix available: RHSA-2026:82807 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) +1 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-28 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89197 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/893db20383800cfe92e638705984eebb13bc81a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07430abd556de3707adfcadcc60db3fa64e4b2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6d7065b91a14790980ce6f4960db0ca8c3c9940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eebef042c12dfe0568593ee6a8926d16505925e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00c311a13d225266800c712f2b7db2711c6897de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186bfdc4e26d019b2e7570cb121964a1d89b2e5b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68108 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68108 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-34qj-qvm5-mprq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68108 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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