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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-89808

| EUVDEUVD-2026-80408 HIGH
2026-09-16 Linux GHSA-r66w-v4mr-3pxg
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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6.3 MEDIUM

Local GPU-device access (AV:L/PR:L); AC:H because it needs a racy hole condition plus non-zero stack garbage; effect is VRAM corruption/loss (I:H/A:H), no demonstrated confidentiality leak (C:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

7
Metadata Corrected
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Metadata Corrected
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Analysis Generated
Sep 16, 2026 - 15:30 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 16, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Sep 16, 2026 - 11:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 16, 2026 - 10:30 cve.org
HIGH 7.8
CVE Published
Sep 16, 2026 - 10:30 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

drm/amdkfd: Fix the case that vm range is hole at svm_migrate_copy_to_vram

When migration vm range is hole at cpu side(MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE set + MIGRATE_PFN_VALID unset) driver still allocates device pages. There is no dma map of src pages and migration. j is 0 and svm_migrate_copy_memory_gart() will return an uninitialized r. That can trigger out_free_vram_pages to drop all VRAM just set up.

Initialize r and only call the last svm_migrate_copy_memory_gart if j > 0.

Current code postponed the last page to the final copy. This patch flushes on the last page when reach to the end of current drm_buddy_block; avoids another svm_migrate_copy_memory_gart.

AnalysisAI

Linux kernel AMD KFD (amdkfd) SVM migration code can use an uninitialized return value when migrating a VM range whose CPU side is a hole, causing the driver to tear down all VRAM pages it has just allocated and leaving memory state inconsistent. Affected are Linux kernel builds using the AMD GPU compute path (SVM/HMM migration to VRAM on ROCm/HSA-capable AMD hardware); the flaw affects code reachable from the commit 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 baseline and is fixed in 6.18.51, 7.2.5 and 7.3-rc1. …

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Exploitation Requires local access to an AMD GPU exposing the KFD compute interface and the ability to drive SVM (Shared Virtual Memory) HMM migrations to VRAM - i.e. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The vendor CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) overstates real-world risk for what the description reveals to be an error-handling/reliability defect in the AMD KFD SVM migration path (svm_migrate_copy_to_vram). … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Apply the vendor kernel fixes: update to Linux 6.18.51 or 7.2.5 (or 7.3-rc1 and later), or cherry-pick the stable commits ae806a95b28fcecb913430cfa45a252e91a945d6, 520e345ffe05aabef1db82beda4288afb1757ff2 and 0a9a0e8a97da70a0336c9115178aaf1be29bcfb1 from git.kernel.org; downstream distributions should track the corresponding stable release rather than backporting only the initialization line, since the patch also changes when the final svm_migrate_copy_memory_gart() flush occurs. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory Linux kernel versions across all hosts with ROCm/HSA-capable AMD GPUs, identify any system running a kernel at or below the affected baseline, and flag multi-tenant or shared GPU compute nodes as the top priority since the flaw is reachable only by a local user holding a GPU device handle; confirm whether the SVM/HMM VRAM migration path is actively exercised by current workloads. …

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