In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async [Why&How] dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async() copies payload->length bytes into a 16-byte stack buffer (dpaux.data[16]) guarded only by an ASSERT(), which is a no-op in release builds. If a caller ever passes length > 16 this results in a stack buffer overflow via memcpy. Additionally, link_index is used to dereference dc->links[] without bounds checking against dc->link_count, risking an out-of-bounds access. Replace the ASSERT with a hard runtime check that returns false when payload->length exceeds the destination buffer size, and add a bounds check for link_index before it is used. (cherry picked from commit ba4caa9fecdf7a38f98c878ad05a8a64148b6881)
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a5fa57565afb6bf37e18129921c270c93d8e2b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8c6e912f2945b2a3e669afca6b52174b88e86e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ecde19bfce6535bffddad1139ff466b6d401b8e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3265f3ed373fb8048be713aadcdf702579a0e53d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c92f6d9600efa3ef0d9e560a2b52776d9803c29 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c398e822ca76e40548df0c061dd4f93ea92d71 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6590e3f766e3111dd1beaf88b9384d117acfa6b Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-674 → CWE-674, CWE-121NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a5fa57565afb6bf37e18129921c270c93d8e2b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8c6e912f2945b2a3e669afca6b52174b88e86e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ecde19bfce6535bffddad1139ff466b6d401b8e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3265f3ed373fb8048be713aadcdf702579a0e53d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c92f6d9600efa3ef0d9e560a2b52776d9803c29 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c398e822ca76e40548df0c061dd4f93ea92d71 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6590e3f766e3111dd1beaf88b9384d117acfa6b Patch