CVE-2026-43169 (GCVE-0-2026-43169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 11:27 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:19
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Title
drm/buddy: Prevent BUG_ON by validating rounded allocation
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/buddy: Prevent BUG_ON by validating rounded allocation
When DRM_BUDDY_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION is set, the requested size is
rounded up to the next power-of-two via roundup_pow_of_two().
Similarly, for non-contiguous allocations with large min_block_size,
the size is aligned up via round_up(). Both operations can produce a
rounded size that exceeds mm->size, which later triggers
BUG_ON(order > mm->max_order).
Example scenarios:
- 9G CONTIGUOUS allocation on 10G VRAM memory:
roundup_pow_of_two(9G) = 16G > 10G
- 9G allocation with 8G min_block_size on 10G VRAM memory:
round_up(9G, 8G) = 16G > 10G
Fix this by checking the rounded size against mm->size. For
non-contiguous or range allocations where size > mm->size is invalid,
return -EINVAL immediately. For contiguous allocations without range
restrictions, allow the request to fall through to the existing
__alloc_contig_try_harder() fallback.
This ensures invalid user input returns an error or uses the fallback
path instead of hitting BUG_ON.
v2: (Matt A)
- Add Fixes, Cc stable, and Closes tags for context
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 , < d764b8dd420098a4d253b8a5b27568c897edb2cf
(git)
Affected: 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 , < 6236c1cd9fdf433d39ed28b2491ccdfe7ae95061 (git) Affected: 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 , < ecb32c60d8cbed2ee9ce9f343b6aa2f32babc727 (git) Affected: 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 , < 5488a29596cdba93a60a79398dc9b69d5bdadf92 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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