{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-63879","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-19T07:54:57.018Z","datePublished":"2026-07-19T14:54:51.698Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:36:49.976Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T12:36:49.976Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages\n\nThe notifier sequence must only be read once or otherwise we could work\nwith invalid pages.\n\nWhile at it also fix the coding style, e.g. drop the pre-initialized\nreturn value and use the common define for 2G range.\n\n(cherry picked from commit c08972f555945cda57b0adb72272a37910153390)"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The bug is reached only through local AMDGPU DRM ioctls (e.g., AMDGPU_GEM_USERPTR, AMDGPU_CS) and KFD ioctls on /dev/kfd that call amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages(); there is no network-facing entry point.\nAC:L - Exploitation requires a >2GB userptr/SVM mapping and a concurrent munmap/remap during the multi-chunk HMM walk, but the attacker controls both the ioctl thread and the address-space manipulation, so the race is attacker-driven rather than dependent on uncontrollable conditions.\nPR:L - Any unprivileged local user with access to the AMDGPU render node or /dev/kfd (typically render/video group membership) can create large userptr buffers and submit GPU work that triggers the vulnerable HMM path; root or init-namespace capabilities are not required.\nUI:N - Exploitation is fully attacker-driven through GPU memory registration and command submission ioctls and does not require any action from another user or administrator.\nS:U - The flaw corrupts or misuses kernel-tracked page metadata and enables standard local kernel memory safety impact and privilege escalation within the same kernel security domain, not a VM escape or IOMMU boundary bypass.\nC:H - Re-reading the MMU notifier sequence per 2GB chunk lets later validation pass while earlier PFNs may reference unmapped or freed pages, giving the GPU (and kernel DMA helpers) a stale-page/use-after-free primitive that can disclose arbitrary physical memory contents.\nI:H - Stale PFNs from invalidated mappings can be DMA-mapped and written by GPU operations, enabling arbitrary memory corruption and potential control-flow hijacking via repurposed physical pages rather than a bounded or crash-only effect.\nA:H - Operating on invalid struct page pointers during pinning/DMA mapping can trigger kernel oopses or panics, and the underlying use-after-free class of bug inherently threatens system availability even when full exploitation is not attempted."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_hmm.c"],"versions":[{"version":"c1420a5dd4dd2a1ffc86965ad1c6f439afb130bc","lessThan":"2fd24407457a6b181ba827705678da70e528dcd0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"c1420a5dd4dd2a1ffc86965ad1c6f439afb130bc","lessThan":"962d684b5dc0741dcd93485d41b450de402d5592","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_hmm.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.12","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd24407457a6b181ba827705678da70e528dcd0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/962d684b5dc0741dcd93485d41b450de402d5592"}],"title":"drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}