# CVE-2026-43368: drm/i915: Fix potential overflow of shmem scatterlist length > An integer overflow in the i915 driver can cause premature termination of memory mapping, leading to denial of service. - **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 8 May 2026 - **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-43368, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43368, GHSA-rm7m-cqfw-43rf, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43368, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43368 ## What is CVE-2026-43368? CVE-2026-43368 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix potential overflow of shmem scatterlist length When a scatterlists table of a GEM shmem object of size 4 GB or more is populated with pages allocated from a folio, unsigned int .length attribute of a scatterlist may get overflowed if total byte length of pages allocated to that single scatterlist happens to reach or cross the 4GB limit. As a consequence, users of the object may suffer from hitting unexpected, premature end of the object's backing pages. [278.780187] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [278.780377] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 2326 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_mm.c:55 remap_sg+0x199/0x1d0 [i915] ... [278.780654] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2326 Comm: gem_mmap_offset Tainted: G S U 6.17.0-rc1-CI_DRM_16981-ged823aaa0607+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [278.780656] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [U]=USER [278.780658] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake Client Platform/MTL-P LP5x T3 RVP, BIOS MTLPFWI1.R00.3471.D91.2401310918 01/31/2024 [278.780659] RIP: 0010:remap_sg+0x199/0x1d0 [i915] ... [278.780786] Call Trace: [278.780787] [278.780788] ? __apply_to_page_range+0x3e6/0x910 [278.780795] ? __pfx_remap_sg+0x10/0x10 [i915] [278.780906] apply_to_page_range+0x14/0x30 [278.780908] remap_io_sg+0x14d/0x260 [i915] [278.781013] vm_fault_cpu+0xd2/0x330 [i915] [278.781137] __do_fault+0x3a/0x1b0 [278.781140] do_fault+0x322/0x640 [278.781143] __handle_mm_fault+0x938/0xfd0 [278.781150] handle_mm_fault+0x12c/0x300 [278.781152] ? lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x4b/0x760 [278.781155] do_user_addr_fault+0x2d6/0x8e0 [278.781160] exc_page_fault+0x96/0x2c0 [278.781165] asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 ... That issue was apprehended by the author of a change that introduced it, and potential risk even annotated with a comment, but then never addressed. When adding folio pages to a scatterlist table, take care of byte length of any single scatterlist not exceeding max_segment. (cherry picked from commit 06249b4e691a75694c014a61708c007fb5755f60) Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43368? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2026-43368? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2026-43368 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43368 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2026-43368 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2026-43368 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43368 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43368/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43368 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43368 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43368 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43368/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.