CVE-2026-98436 (GCVE-0-2026-98436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-18 14:45 – Updated: 2026-10-26 06:55
VLAI
Title
accel/amdxdna: Disable device buffer exporting
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/amdxdna: Disable device buffer exporting Device buffers are never intended to be exported. Disable exporting support explicitly.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6637 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ac49797c1815d4f8f04b7053b2998c546283c89e , < 33b00fa8023e8ade3409aa9c833b8ce65b8c29eb (git)
Affected: ac49797c1815d4f8f04b7053b2998c546283c89e , < 9480dd7ec3fcadd4217503e4bb32c16e19e4b21f (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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