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CVE-2026-68253: drm/i915/hdcp: check streams[] bounds before overflow

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2026-08-10 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/hdcp: check streams[] bounds before overflow The data->streams[] overflow check is done after the buffer overflow has already happened. Move the overflow check before the write. Side note, emitting a warning splat with a backtrace might be overkill here, but prefer not changing the behaviour other than not doing the overrun. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit 9284ab3b6e776c315883ac2611283d263c9460fd)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.12 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2106fb490b2c6003e23ad6ff36ce823a2170e138
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336cf6d80d41457442b659e7ba7a7badc0ffe79d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/389079bf04e6f0c6f10f5b879f6d7a9cf80f0567
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2ef8d389495e7889c6062d8bddc46d2a5fbdef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84351f12390349ba010920fc247e1a0b12e41eb3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984085c5b53572e2e03fd5fc4817e86ef1effc6e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb15a6b042d02e5508a02b4847e02d2579ee7bc

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