CVE-2026-80908 drm/amdgpu: Reject UVD message with dimensions above 4096

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A local attacker can trigger an integer overflow in the AMD GPU driver's UVD message handling, potentially causing a system crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-80908?

CVE-2026-80908 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Sep 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: Reject UVD message with dimensions above 4096

Fixes potential overflow in DPB size calculations.

(cherry picked from commit 05e1387d151f71569fbe122d2c89f9db0c21dc10)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80908?

How do I fix CVE-2026-80908?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-80908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-99440, BELL-CVE-2026-80908, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80908, GHSA-fr2g-2rrh-mg97, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80908.

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