CVE-2026-63842 (GCVE-0-2026-63842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:04 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
drm/amdgpu/jpeg: set no_user_fence for JPEG v5.0.0 ring
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu/jpeg: set no_user_fence for JPEG v5.0.0 ring
JPEG rings do not support 64-bit user fence writes, reject CS
submissions with user fences.
(cherry picked from commit 0f43893d3cd478fa57836697525b338817c9c23d)
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
dfad65c65728401587142577dd283476491bac83 , < 3a55ff19a6ff5e046d6a4a18e36deec5d95d9a2e
(git)
Affected: dfad65c65728401587142577dd283476491bac83 , < a7e63bb93a7fde3c8920984c3deee9acfe461562 (git) Affected: dfad65c65728401587142577dd283476491bac83 , < 69ab75c7c5f378eb46f4c918aa848bb5c5603924 (git) Affected: dfad65c65728401587142577dd283476491bac83 , < ea7c61c5f895e8f9ea0ffffa180498ef9c740152 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.91 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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