CVE-2026-43169

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-05-06 Modified: 2026-11-11 First seen: 2026-11-06 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/buddy: Prevent BUG_ON by validating rounded allocation When DRM_BUDDY_CONTIGUOUS_ALLOCATION is set, the requested size is rounded up to the next power-of-two via roundup_pow_of_two(). Similarly, for non-contiguous allocations with large min_block_size, the size is aligned up via round_up(). Both operations can produce a rounded size that exceeds mm->size, which later triggers BUG_ON(order > mm->max_order). Example scenarios: - 9G CONTIGUOUS allocation on 10G VRAM memory: roundup_pow_of_two(9G) = 16G > 10G - 9G allocation with 8G min_block_size on 10G VRAM memory: round_up(9G, 8G) = 16G > 10G Fix this by checking the rounded size against mm->size. For non-contiguous or range allocations where size > mm->size is invalid, return -EINVAL immediately. For contiguous allocations without range restrictions, allow the request to fall through to the existing __alloc_contig_try_harder() fallback. This ensures invalid user input returns an error or uses the fallback path instead of hitting BUG_ON. v2: (Matt A) - Add Fixes, Cc stable, and Closes tags for context

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 < d764b8dd420098a4d253b8a5b27568c897edb2cf
Linux Linux 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 < 6236c1cd9fdf433d39ed28b2491ccdfe7ae95061
Linux Linux 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 < ecb32c60d8cbed2ee9ce9f343b6aa2f32babc727
Linux Linux 0a1844bf0b532d84324453374ad6845f64066c28 < 5488a29596cdba93a60a79398dc9b69d5bdadf92
Linux Linux 6.7
linux linux_kernel 6.7 – 6.12.75

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001270
Percentile 2.5%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00127
2026-11-12
0.00127
2026-11-10
0.00127
2026-11-09
0.00127
2026-11-08
0.00127
2026-11-07
0.00127
2026-11-06
0.00127

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