CVE-2026-68279 PUBLISHED

drm/dp/mst: fix OOB reads in remote DPCD/I2C sideband reply parsers

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/dp/mst: fix OOB reads in remote DPCD/I2C sideband reply parsers

drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_dpcd_read() reads num_bytes from the raw message and then unconditionally does:

memcpy(bytes, &raw->msg[idx], num_bytes);

without checking that idx + num_bytes <= raw->curlen. raw->msg[] is 256 bytes; if a malicious or misbehaving MST hub sets num_bytes larger than the remaining payload, the memcpy reads past the received data into whatever follows in raw->msg[].

drm_dp_sideband_parse_remote_i2c_read_ack() has the same flaw (noted with a / TODO check / comment since the code was introduced).

Fix both functions by using a single combined check (idx + num_bytes > curlen) before each memcpy. Since num_bytes is u8, it is always >= 0, so this strictly subsumes the simpler idx > curlen form and no separate step is needed.

[added missing fixes tag]

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to 22d9f7fc1aaabaf73d5f30e8b0c9aa814ecd6ed2 (excl.)
  • affected from ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to 04d953f50d61e542e94a5977822cc53735f8c0ce (excl.)
  • affected from ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to 533d9e2bede4aeefdc2a0561d7071cfede95958f (excl.)
  • affected from ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to e6ef5455b06cb4e5d181aabcd723791587c79f12 (excl.)
  • affected from ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd to 1a8f537f5a1eeac941f262fe73078d6b08ba83c0 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.148 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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