In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/edid: fix OOB read in drm_parse_tiled_block()
drm_parse_tiled_block() casts the DisplayID block to a struct displayid_tiled_block and reads the full fixed layout up to tile->topology_id[7] without checking block->num_bytes. The DisplayID iterator only validates the declared payload length, so a crafted EDID can advertise a tiled-display block (tag DATA_BLOCK_TILED_DISPLAY, or DATA_BLOCK_2_TILED_DISPLAY_TOPOLOGY for v2.0) with a small num_bytes at the end of a DisplayID extension. The read then runs past the end of the exact-sized kmemdup()'d EDID allocation, a heap out-of-bounds read.
Reject blocks shorter than the spec's 22-byte tiled payload before reading the fixed struct, as drm_parse_vesa_mso_data() already does.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in drm_edid_connector_update Read of size 2 at addr ffff888010077700 by task exploit/147 dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 ...) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 ...) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) drm_edid_connector_update (drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c:7581) bochs_connector_helper_get_modes (drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c:574) drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes (drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c:426) status_store (drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c:219) ... vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:595 fs/read_write.c:688) ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:740)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.180-225.360Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.100-125.179Upgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfo | Aug 18, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Aug 2, 2026 | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 14, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
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