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Linux Kernel EUVDEUVD-2026-80406

| CVE-2026-89806 HIGH
2026-09-16 Linux GHSA-2f2m-wrrx-qjxp
8.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
8.4 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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5.2 MEDIUM

Overflow inputs come from firmware/device-tree geometry not runtime user input, so PR:H and AC:H (specific large values); impact is chiefly an undersized-allocation crash, so A:H with limited C/I.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Analysis Generated
Sep 16, 2026 - 15:30 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 16, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
8.4 (HIGH)
CVE Published
Sep 16, 2026 - 10:30 cve.org
HIGH 8.4
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/sysfb: ofdrm: Fix integer overflow in fb_size calculation

The framebuffer size calculation fb_size = linebytes * height can overflow when both values are large (e.g., 46341 * 46341 > INT_MAX). Since linebytes and height are both int types, the multiplication is performed as int * int, which results in undefined behavior on overflow.

Use check_mul_overflow() to detect and prevent this overflow, consistent with the approach used in simpledrm.c and corebootdrm.c.

AnalysisAI

Signed integer overflow in the Linux kernel ofdrm (Open Firmware framebuffer) driver allows the framebuffer size computation fb_size = linebytes * height to wrap when both geometry values are large, resulting in an undersized framebuffer allocation and subsequent out-of-bounds memory handling inside the drm/sysfb subsystem. Exposure is confined to systems that actually bind the ofdrm driver, effectively Open Firmware/PowerPC-class platforms whose linebytes and height come from firmware or the boot device tree rather than from runtime user input, and the assessed vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H) reflects that a privileged actor able to influence platform firmware or the device tree is required, which is considerably more restrictive than the published 8.4/PR:N rating. …

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Exploitation Requires the affected system to use the ofdrm (Open Firmware framebuffer) driver - effectively OF/PowerPC-class hardware - AND the framebuffer geometry (linebytes and height, both int) supplied via Open Firmware/device tree to be large enough that linebytes*height exceeds INT_MAX. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment This is a signed integer overflow in the Linux kernel's drm/sysfb ofdrm (Open Firmware framebuffer) driver: `fb_size = linebytes * height` is computed as int*int, so large geometry values (e.g. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Linux 6.18.51, 7.2.5 or 7.3-rc2 (or later within the same branch), which contain the check_mul_overflow() fix; the individual stable fix commits are https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ded6ad826fe0fd059333d3a3b3e1742c8e45ff41, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9daf9a6e7a6f82ef338a09386eefc6807100d3f and https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6f48e59ece0123f6a11527ad4d89b21c2d65b87, with the CVE detail at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89806. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all Open Firmware/PowerPC-class systems that bind the ofdrm driver and confirm whether any are business-critical; restrict privileged local access and firmware or device tree modification to trusted administrators, since the assessed vector requires an authenticated, privileged actor. …

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