CVE-2026-97425 drm/amdgpu: fix buffer overflow during vBIOS update
A buffer overflow in the amdgpu driver allows local attackers with high privileges to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges during vBIOS updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-97425?
CVE-2026-97425 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 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: fix buffer overflow during vBIOS update
Clamp the buffer postion to write by setting the bin attribute to the maximum buffer size so that VFS layer will block the out-of-bounds accessing.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97425?
How do I fix CVE-2026-97425?
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-2026-97425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-103913, BELL-CVE-2026-97425, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97425, GHSA-pv43-wh94-fv25, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97425.