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CVE-2026-43398: drm/amdgpu: add upper bound check on user inputs in wait ioctl

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: add upper bound check on user inputs in wait ioctl Huge input values in amdgpu_userq_wait_ioctl can lead to a OOM and could be exploited. So check these input value against AMDGPU_USERQ_MAX_HANDLES which is big enough value for genuine use cases and could potentially avoid OOM. v2: squash in Srini's fix (cherry picked from commit fcec012c664247531aed3e662f4280ff804d1476)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.16 before 6.18.19; from 6.19 before 6.19.9; 7.0-rc1 — fixed in 6.18.19, 6.19.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.19, 6.19.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd93bc695b3456f26f5ed52753d9071da26202a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ac7c09fc44985ec9bb6a9db740899fa40ca613
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d10508da559da2e0ca9cca6505094a7df948e1

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