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CVE-2026-68445 (GCVE-0-2026-68445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 00:07 – Updated: 2026-08-12 00:07

Title

drm/vc4: Prevent shader BO mappings from becoming writable

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Prevent shader BO mappings from becoming writable vc4_gem_object_mmap() rejects a writable mapping of a validated shader BO, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set. Userspace can map the BO read-only and then turn it writable with mprotect(). Validated shader BOs must stay read-only: the validator checks the instructions once and the GPU trusts them afterwards. A writable mapping lets userspace rewrite the code after validation, bypassing the validator. Clear VM_MAYWRITE on the read-only path so the mapping cannot be upgraded, as i915 already does for its read-only objects.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f0ee411fc2d76333…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/019e6ad247f7fd038…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6deaa317201851c64…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe168ef1d232d734d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9e6367639548307…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 463873d5701427f2964a0b4b72c45f1f14b6df87 , < 9f0ee411fc2d76333d6087c5862ffa907cf7a175 (git) Affected: 463873d5701427f2964a0b4b72c45f1f14b6df87 , < 019e6ad247f7fd038d2e009789f6d9bfcccb1ae7 (git) Affected: 463873d5701427f2964a0b4b72c45f1f14b6df87 , < 6deaa317201851c644c431b57682e54d06b35838 (git) Affected: 463873d5701427f2964a0b4b72c45f1f14b6df87 , < fe168ef1d232d734d9998fd74822e2e20930dfff (git) Affected: 463873d5701427f2964a0b4b72c45f1f14b6df87 , < 0c9e6367639548307d3f578f6943ce72c9d39087 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.5 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2-rc5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-RW5P-XFF5-86QJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-12 00:31

Details

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

drm/vc4: Prevent shader BO mappings from becoming writable

vc4_gem_object_mmap() rejects a writable mapping of a validated shader BO, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set. Userspace can map the BO read-only and then turn it writable with mprotect().

Validated shader BOs must stay read-only: the validator checks the instructions once and the GPU trusts them afterwards. A writable mapping lets userspace rewrite the code after validation, bypassing the validator.

Clear VM_MAYWRITE on the read-only path so the mapping cannot be upgraded, as i915 already does for its read-only objects.

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-68445 (GCVE-0-2026-68445)

GHSA-RW5P-XFF5-86QJ

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