Linux Kernel up to 6.18.34/7.0.11 amdgpu amdgpu_gem.c kvzalloc allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.34/7.0.11. Affected by this issue is the function kvzalloc of the file amdgpu_gem.c of the component amdgpu. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-63878. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.34/7.0.11 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function kvzalloc of the file amdgpu_gem.c of the component amdgpu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: check num_entries in GEM_OP GET_MAPPING_INFO kvcalloc(args->num_entries, sizeof(*vm_entries), GFP_KERNEL) at amdgpu_gem.c:1050 uses the user-supplied num_entries directly without any upper bounds check. Since num_entries is a __u32 and sizeof(drm_amdgpu_gem_vm_entry) is 32 bytes, a large num_entries produces an allocation exceeding INT_MAX, triggering WARNING in __kvmalloc_node_noprof(), causing a kernel WARNING, TAINT_WARN, and panic on CONFIG_PANIC_ON_WARN=y systems. Add a size bounds check before we invoke the kvzalloc() to reject oversized num_entries early with -EINVAL. (cherry picked from commit 1fe7bf5457f6efd7be60b17e23163ba54341d73d)

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-63878 since 07/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.18.35 or 7.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
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• 6.18.16
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• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
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• 6.18.22
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• 6.18.26
• 6.18.27
• 6.18.28
• 6.18.29
• 6.18.30
• 6.18.31
• 6.18.32
• 6.18.33
• 6.18.34
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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