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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-80540

| EUVDEUVD-2026-66455 HIGH
2026-08-26 Linux GHSA-6g4g-qg49-hpx9
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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7.8 HIGH

Local access and low privileges are required to submit UVD decode commands; the resulting kernel heap corruption enables full privilege escalation, justifying high C/I/A with no scope change.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 27, 2026 - 06:46 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 27, 2026 - 06:22 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 26, 2026 - 16:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 26, 2026 - 14:37 cve.org
HIGH 7.8
CVE Published
Aug 26, 2026 - 14:37 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu: Fix UVD decode image min size calculation

This needs to use pitch instead of width. Also reject pitch over 4096 to avoid overflow.

(cherry picked from commit b41c8cb12e202b220353332ab87dc01a11f69304)

AnalysisAI

Integer overflow in the amdgpu DRM subsystem's UVD (Unified Video Decoder) component exposes systems running AMD GPUs to local privilege escalation. The minimum image size calculation incorrectly references the image width rather than the pitch value, and fails to reject pitch values exceeding 4096, allowing arithmetic overflow that produces an artificially small size bound. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Obtain low-privileged local shell on AMD GPU system
Delivery
Open UVD decode session via /dev/dri device
Exploit
Submit crafted image descriptor with pitch > 4096
Execution
Trigger integer overflow in minimum size calculation
Persist
Corrupt adjacent kernel heap memory via out-of-bounds write
Impact
Overwrite kernel credential structures to escalate to root

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The target system must be running a vulnerable Linux kernel version with the amdgpu driver loaded and bound to AMD GPU hardware that exposes UVD (Unified Video Decoder) functionality - not all AMD GPU generations include UVD. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 7.8 score with vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H accurately captures the threat model: this is a local privilege escalation requiring only a shell account on a system with an AMD GPU. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario A low-privileged user on a Linux system with an AMD GPU opens a UVD decode session and submits a crafted image descriptor specifying a pitch value above 4096. The kernel's minimum size validation overflows, accepting a buffer far smaller than required. …
Remediation Upgrade the Linux kernel to one of the vendor-released patched stable versions: 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.153, 6.12.105, 6.18.46, 7.1.10, or mainline 7.2. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory all systems running AMD GPU hardware and verify current amdgpu DRM driver versions. …

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