drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe The `cirrus-qemu` driver relies on `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE` (4 MB) to validate framebuffer sizes. However, during PCI probe, the driver mapped BAR0 without verifying that its size matches `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`. If a PCI device with a BAR0 smaller than 4 MB is bound to the driver, the mapped VRAM will be smaller than expected. Because validation checks assume 4 MB VRAM, framebuffers larger than the mapped memory can be created. When the display plane is updated (e.g. during release), `cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update()` copies the framebuffer to VRAM using `drm_fb_memcpy()`. Writing past the end of the mapped I/O memory causes a supervisor write page fault: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc9000389c000 ... RIP: 0010:memcpy_toio+0x7c/0xe0 arch/x86/lib/iomem.c:110 ... Call Trace: <TASK> iosys_map_memcpy_to include/linux/iosys-map.h:285 [inline] drm_fb_memcpy+0x325/0x5d0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_format_helper.c:442 cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update+0x98a/0xb00 drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c:358 drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x626/0xea0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:3038 drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x60/0x510 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1989 commit_tail+0x2b1/0x3c0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2074 drm_atomic_helper_commit+0xa77/0xb10 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2312 Fix this by validating in `cirrus_pci_probe()` that the PCI BAR0 resource is not less than `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`, returning `-ENODEV` if it is less.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.2 and later | 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.2 and later Fixed in 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98142
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mx2-2wh8-249p
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@2a0e7bcff3fa63e7309d2b39e18af59eb8ef2b6e, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-27 CVSS score added · NVD
- 2026-10-27 Weakness changed · NVD
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Patch 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a0e7bcff3fa63e7309d2b39e18af59eb8ef2b6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5084a1f070ad1fc34e11945644ae034bbc774c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26bd90c886218f36c9adeab206b0e27b4384e2f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144f51cd0ccc3ad47a6099917b7bb535611fb18f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92312d333bf700798f92f30406c721bce87506f3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98142 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98142 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4mx2-2wh8-249p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98142 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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