drm/amd/display: Bound VBIOS record-chain walk loops
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2026-53138 |
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Linux |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-06-25 09:16:31 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-06-25 09:16:31 UTC |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Bound VBIOS record-chain walk loops
[Why & How]
All record-chain walk loops in bios_parser.c and bios_parser2.c use
for(;;) and only terminate on a 0xFF record_type sentinel or zero
record_size. A malformed VBIOS image missing the terminator record
causes unbounded iteration at probe time, potentially hundreds of
thousands of iterations with record_size=1. In the final iterations
near the BIOS image boundary, struct casts beyond the 2-byte header
validated by GET_IMAGE can also read out of bounds.
Cap all 14 record-chain walk loops to BIOS_MAX_NUM_RECORD (256)
iterations. The atombios.h defines up to 22 distinct record types
and atomfirmware.h has 13. Assuming an average of less than 10
records per type (which is reasonable since most are connector-
based) 256 is a generous upper bound.
(cherry picked from commit 95700a3d660287ed657d6892f7be9ffc0e294a93) |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c 6173cfea2f916e01c4f98e29cd654384a05e32a3 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c 0e56f460bddb397fa9a8e6faf7ae7eaa86953eb1 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c 2645e3caf7e013189da9c6ff621d006cca5a538b git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c ff287df16a1a58aca78b08d1f3ee09fc44da0351 git |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
affected 4.15 |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 4.15 semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.12.94 6.12.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 6.18.36 6.18.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.0.13 7.0.* semver |
Not specified |
| CNA |
Linux |
Linux |
unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix |
Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e56f460bddb397fa9a8e6faf7ae7eaa86953eb1 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff287df16a1a58aca78b08d1f3ee09fc44da0351 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/2645e3caf7e013189da9c6ff621d006cca5a538b |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
|
| git.kernel.org/stable/c/6173cfea2f916e01c4f98e29cd654384a05e32a3 |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 |
git.kernel.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.