CVE-2026-63853 drm/amdgpu/vcn: set no_user_fence for VCN v4.0 enc ring

High 7.8 Published Updated

The Linux kernel AMD GPU driver fails to reject unsupported user fence submissions, potentially causing system instability or 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-2026-63853?

CVE-2026-63853 is a high-severity 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/vcn: set no_user_fence for VCN v4.0 enc ring

VCN encoder and decoder rings do not support 64-bit user fence writes, reject CS submissions with user fences.

(cherry picked from commit fd852c048b46f9825e904a4f3f4538fe9d8827d9)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-63853?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-63853?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-63853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-92522, BELL-CVE-2026-63853, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63853, GHSA-9vxm-g52p-rp85, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-63853, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-63853 and 1 more.

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