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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-80749

| EUVDEUVD-2026-70353 HIGH
2026-09-03 Linux GHSA-4qvv-f8j2-942j
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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6.1 MEDIUM

OOB read is fixed-size (32 bytes) and heap-layout-dependent, justifying C:L; A:H retained for credible page-fault kernel crash.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Metadata Corrected
Sep 04, 2026 - 05:40 vuln.today
tag: Denial Of Service added
Analysis Generated
Sep 04, 2026 - 05:30 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 04, 2026 - 05:22 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 03, 2026 - 10:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 03, 2026 - 08:26 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 03, 2026 - 08:26 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

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

drm/connector/hdmi: Fix out of bounds memory read

A helper function was copying a given audio infoframe into the connector's copy but using the size of the destination (a generic target, sized to accept many different data blocks) not the source (a very specific type of data block). Thus, it was copying 60 bytes of data from a 28 byte allocation.

Fix that by using the source size instead, together with a build bug on the source size actually being smaller than the destination.

I hit this running KUnit tests under KASAN (while debugging something else entirely). In the real world, it seems unlikely to cause an actual problem. It is a read not a write so it can't corrupt any memory. However, it could potentially fall off the end of a page and cause an accvio bug.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds memory read in the Linux kernel's DRM HDMI connector subsystem allows a local, low-privileged user to potentially leak up to 32 bytes of adjacent kernel heap memory or trigger a page fault leading to kernel crash. The flaw exists in a helper function that copies audio infoframe data using the destination buffer size (60 bytes) rather than the source structure size (28 bytes), reading 32 bytes beyond the source allocation. …

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Exploitation Exploitation requires local, low-privilege access to a Linux system running a kernel between the introduction of f378b77227bc and the applicable fix commit. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Real-world risk is meaningfully lower than the 7.1 CVSS score suggests. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation The primary fix is to upgrade to a patched Linux kernel version: 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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