CVE-2026-53375 drm/amdgpu/vce: Prevent partial address patches

High 8.8 Published Updated

A flaw in the AMD GPU VCE driver allows writing bad addresses to firmware, potentially leading to memory corruption or system crashes.

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

What is CVE-2026-53375?

CVE-2026-53375 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 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/amdgpu/vce: Prevent partial address patches

In the case that only one of lo/hi is valid, the patching could result in a bad address written to in FW.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53375?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-53375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-92591, BELL-CVE-2026-53375, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53375, GHSA-wxjr-mj69-3hfq, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-53375, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-53375 and 1 more.

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