CVE-2026-68279

drm/dp/mst: fix OOB reads in remote DPCD/I2C sideband reply parsers

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Aug 23, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/dp/mst: fix OOB reads in remote DPCD/I2C sideband reply parsers

drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_dpcd_read() reads num_bytes from the raw message and then unconditionally does:

memcpy(bytes, &raw->msg[idx], num_bytes);

without checking that idx + num_bytes <= raw->curlen. raw->msg[] is 256 bytes; if a malicious or misbehaving MST hub sets num_bytes larger than the remaining payload, the memcpy reads past the received data into whatever follows in raw->msg[].

drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_i2c_read_ack() has the same flaw (noted with a /* TODO check */ comment since the code was introduced).

Fix both functions by using a single combined check (idx + num_bytes > curlen) before each memcpy. Since num_bytes is u8, it is always >= 0, so this strictly subsumes the simpler idx > curlen form and no separate step is needed.

[added missing fixes tag]

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before 185de1d74e658e2edb723ba76fa61903f77d8a68Affected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before d7b9b1e33b4ed8c48d4db6e6e21c257ebbbb2586Affected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before c2fbda0fe0163c55ba3820ee6cea0c6b43622edaAffected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before 22d9f7fc1aaabaf73d5f30e8b0c9aa814ecd6ed2Affected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before 04d953f50d61e542e94a5977822cc53735f8c0ceAffected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before 533d9e2bede4aeefdc2a0561d7071cfede95958fAffected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before e6ef5455b06cb4e5d181aabcd723791587c79f12Affected
  • ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to before 1a8f537f5a1eeac941f262fe73078d6b08ba83c0Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.17Affected
  • before 3.17Not affected
  • 5.10.266 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.217 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.183 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.148 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.101 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.42 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.6 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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