Answer in brief
CVE-2026-43280 records a High severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in drm/xe: Add bounds check on pat_index to prevent OOB kernel read in madvise. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.18 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=ada7486c5668db542a7d361268df931aca5b726a <ffba51100ff61792fefbae11ca38ac1987a818dd || >=ada7486c5668db542a7d361268df931aca5b726a <79f52655567a6471ff3d0d6325ede91bb14461f4 || >=ada7486c5668db542a7d361268df931aca5b726a <fbbe32618e97eff81577a01eb7d9adcd64a216d7 | ffba51100ff61792fefbae11ca38ac1987a818dd, 79f52655567a6471ff3d0d6325ede91bb14461f4, fbbe32618e97eff81577a01eb7d9adcd64a216d7 |
Published upstream
May 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Add bounds check on pat_index to prevent OOB kernel read in madvise When user provides a bogus pat_index value through the madvise IOCTL, the xe_pat_index_get_coh_mode() function performs an array access without validating bounds. This allows a malicious user to trigger an out-of-bounds kernel read from the xe->pat.table array. The vulnerability exists because the validation in madvise_args_are_sane() directly calls xe_pat_index_get_coh_mode(xe, args->pat_index.val) without first checking if pat_index is within [0, xe->pat.n_entries). Although xe_pat_index_get_coh_mode() has a WARN_ON to catch this in debug builds, it still performs the unsafe array access in production kernels. v2(Matthew Auld) - Using array_index_nospec() to mitigate spectre attacks when the value is used v3(Matthew Auld) - Put the declarations at the start of the block (cherry picked from commit 944a3329b05510d55c69c2ef455136e2fc02de29)
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