Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98142)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98142). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/cirrus-qemu: Validate BAR0 size during probe
The cirrus-qemu driver relies on CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE (4 MB) to validate
framebuffer sizes. However, during PCI probe, the driver mapped BAR0
without verifying that its size matches CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE.
If a PCI device with a BAR0 smaller than 4 MB is bound to the driver, the
mapped VRAM will be smaller than expected. Because validation checks assume
4 MB VRAM, framebuffers larger than the mapped memory can be created.
When the display plane is updated (e.g. during release),
cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update() copies the framebuffer to
VRAM using drm_fb_memcpy(). Writing past the end of the mapped I/O memory
causes a supervisor write page fault:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc9000389c000
...
RIP: 0010:memcpy_toio+0x7c/0xe0 arch/x86/lib/iomem.c:110
...
Call Trace:
iosys_map_memcpy_to include/linux/iosys-map.h:285 [inline]
drm_fb_memcpy+0x325/0x5d0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_format_helper.c:442
cirrus_primary_plane_helper_atomic_update+0x98a/0xb00
drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/cirrus-qemu.c:358
drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x626/0xea0
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:3038
drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x60/0x510
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1989
commit_tail+0x2b1/0x3c0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2074
drm_atomic_helper_commit+0xa77/0xb10
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2312
Fix this by validating in `cirr…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98142 has been found in Linux kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-98142" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98142 (Linux kernel)
Attack surface: CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel. Attack surface: CIRRUS_VRAM_SIZE.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98142 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98142 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com