CVE-2026-43498 (GCVE-0-2026-43498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 12:17 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
accel/ivpu: Disallow re-exporting imported GEM objects
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/ivpu: Disallow re-exporting imported GEM objects
Prevent re-exporting of imported GEM buffers by adding a custom
prime_handle_to_fd callback that checks if the object is imported
and returns -EOPNOTSUPP if so.
Re-exporting imported GEM buffers causes loss of buffer flags settings,
leading to incorrect device access and data corruption.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
57557964b582238d5ee4b8538d1c4694f91c2186 , < 3756043dd695bba34cc728cdc5688dcb49ac8043
(git)
Affected: 57557964b582238d5ee4b8538d1c4694f91c2186 , < 7dd57d7a6350770dfc283287125c409e995200e0 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.7 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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