# CVE-2026-98142: drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel page fault and denial of service by binding a malicious PCI device with an undersized BAR0 to the cirrus-qemu driver.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 25 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-104727, BELL-CVE-2026-98142, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98142, GHSA-4mx2-2wh8-249p, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98142

## What is CVE-2026-98142?

CVE-2026-98142 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 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/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe

The `cirrus-qemu` driver relies on `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE` (4 MB) to validate
framebuffer sizes. However, during PCI probe, the driver mapped BAR0
without verifying that its size matches `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`.

If a PCI device with a BAR0 smaller than 4 MB is bound to the driver, the
mapped VRAM will be smaller than expected. Because validation checks assume
4 MB VRAM, framebuffers larger than the mapped memory can be created.

When the display plane is updated (e.g. during release),
`cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update()` copies the framebuffer to
VRAM using `drm_fb_memcpy()`. Writing past the end of the mapped I/O memory
causes a supervisor write page fault:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc9000389c000
...
RIP: 0010:memcpy_toio+0x7c/0xe0 arch/x86/lib/iomem.c:110
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 iosys_map_memcpy_to include/linux/iosys-map.h:285 [inline]
 drm_fb_memcpy+0x325/0x5d0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_format_helper.c:442
 cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update+0x98a/0xb00
 drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c:358
 drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x626/0xea0
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:3038
 drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x60/0x510
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1989
 commit_tail+0x2b1/0x3c0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2074
 drm_atomic_helper_commit+0xa77/0xb10
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2312

Fix this by validating in `cirrus_pci_probe()` that the PCI BAR0 resource
is not less than `CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE`, returning `-ENODEV` if it is less.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-98142?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-98142?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-98142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98142 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-2026-98142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-98142 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Sep 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-2026-98142 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-2026-98142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-98142

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