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CVE-2026-68436— drm/amd/display: use kvzalloc to allocate struct dc

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 7.1.6之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于使用kzalloc分配struct dc内存，当结构体大小超过4 MiB时分配失败，可能导致amdgpu探测失败。

AI Predicted 5.3 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.15% · P4

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T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux d62d5551dd615f9e488b13595d69b308cd019e16< c59a693fbd213f8f27942509b48b1a4111fdd40d affected
d62d5551dd615f9e488b13595d69b308cd019e16< dbad70d40cad9c5e7586953275287fe7531fb811 affected
d62d5551dd615f9e488b13595d69b308cd019e16< 75050390151a14802be433c3856ddcb483cecd24 affected
6.10 affected
< 6.10 unaffected
6.18.57≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.1.6≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-68436

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Vulnerability Title
drm/amd/display: use kvzalloc to allocate struct dc
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: use kvzalloc to allocate struct dc struct dc has grown large over time (most of it the two inlined dc_scratch_space copies) and now sits close to the page allocator's 4 MiB contiguous allocation limit. Its actual size is not fixed by the source alone, it also depends on the compiler and the .config, so it can easily cross 4 MiB, e.g. with a newer GCC or a config change. dc_create() allocates it with kzalloc(). Once struct dc exceeds 4 MiB the request is rounded up to order 11 (8 MiB), which is above MAX_PAGE_ORDER, so the page allocator warns and returns NULL. dc_create() then fails, DM init fails and amdgpu probe aborts with -EINVAL: WARNING: mm/page_alloc.c:5197 at __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2f9/0x380 dc_create+0x38/0x660 [amdgpu] amdgpu_dm_init+0x2d9/0x510 [amdgpu] dm_hw_init+0x1b/0x90 [amdgpu] amdgpu_device_init.cold+0x150d/0x1e13 [amdgpu] amdgpu_driver_load_kms+0x19/0x80 [amdgpu] amdgpu_pci_probe+0x1e2/0x4c0 [amdgpu] dc_create() then returns NULL and DM init fails, which aborts the whole GPU init and makes amdgpu probe fail with -EINVAL ("hw_init of IP block <dm> failed -22"), leaving the display unusable. The subsequent amdgpu_irq_put() warnings during teardown are just fallout of unwinding a half-initialized device. struct dc is a software-only bookkeeping structure that is never handed to hardware DMA and is only ever kept as an opaque pointer, so it does not require physically contiguous memory. Allocate it with kvzalloc() (and free it with kvfree()) so that the allocator can fall back to vmalloc() when a contiguous allocation of that size is not available, which also avoids the MAX_PAGE_ORDER warning entirely. v2: - Rebase to amd-staging-drm-next. (cherry picked from commit 991e0516a8072f2292681c6ae98a924ab0e32575)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 7.1.6之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于使用kzalloc分配struct dc内存，当结构体大小超过4 MiB时分配失败，可能导致amdgpu探测失败。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux d62d5551dd615f9e488b13595d69b308cd019e16 ~ c59a693fbd213f8f27942509b48b1a4111fdd40d -
Linux Linux 6.10 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-68436 (1)

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-12 · 22 CVEs total

CVE-2026-68431 9.1 CRITICAL ksmbd: validate minimum PDU size for transform requests
CVE-2026-68432 8.8 HIGH vxlan: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
CVE-2026-68433 8.6 HIGH libceph: bound get_version reply decode to front len
CVE-2026-68446 7.8 HIGH drm/vmwgfx: Validate vmw_surface_metadata::array_size
CVE-2026-68445 7.8 HIGH drm/vc4: Prevent shader BO mappings from becoming writable
CVE-2026-68440 7.8 HIGH net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM
CVE-2026-68442 7.8 HIGH btrfs: don't propagate EXTENT_FLAG_LOGGING to split extent maps
CVE-2026-68447 7.1 HIGH drm/amdkfd: clamp v9 CRIU control stack checkpoint copy to BO size
CVE-2026-68450 btrfs: free mapping node on duplicate reloc root insert
CVE-2026-68429 drm/dp_mst: Handle torn-down topology gracefully in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe()
CVE-2026-68449 ata: sata_dwc_460ex: fix infinite loop in NCQ tag completion bit-scanning
CVE-2026-68448 ovl: check access to copy_file_range source with src mounter creds
CVE-2026-68444 firmware: arm_ffa: Fix NULL dereference in ffa_partition_info_get()
CVE-2026-68443 hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
CVE-2026-68441 net/sched: Handle TC_ACT_REDIRECT from qdisc filter chains
CVE-2026-68439 wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix possible NULL-pointer deref in mt7925_mcu_bss_he_tlv()
CVE-2026-68438 smp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode
CVE-2026-68437 drm/imagination: Fit paired fragment job in the correct CCCB
CVE-2026-68435 LoongArch: Fix address space mismatch in kexec command line lookup
CVE-2026-68434 serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms

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