CVE-2026-68255
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: bound EDID block reads to the response buffer virtio_get_edid_block() validates the read offset only against the device-supplied resp->size field, never against the fixed-size resp->edid array. The EDID block index is driven by the device-supplied extension count, so a malicious virtio-gpu backend can advertise a large size together with a high block count and read far past the array into adjacent kernel memory, which is then surfaced in the parsed EDID (an out-of-bounds read / info leak). Also reject any read whose end exceeds the size of the edid array. Conforming EDID responses stay within the array and are unaffected.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. High risk of data exposure, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.7 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
- Record status
- Received
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2757e6e803092cf0aeaf4b735e16b5d3bdc705c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35be0e2c6862abcd5e5f5445261f1fd910d4a9b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375c1934ef0196d3b6d3a1eae3232bef8dae7bf7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f506a85a905b080cadc029a1651a310479090a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1a53892ba7f8a3e1da6bfc53c83ae7c812dccd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64bedd2758eccbc74d39f7006a7ec16fa39dc901
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ce911f341ad8ff0c08922eff5bb6db75666eb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc2a017c5d597937e0c28b9a9669844aa796c42