# CVE-2026-68276: drm/amdgpu/gfx: fix cleaner shader IB buffer overflow

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/gfx: fix cleaner shader IB buffer overflow The cleaner shader sysfs path allocates a 16-dword (64 byte) IB but incorrectly fills (align_mask + 1) dwords. On GFX rings align_mask is 0xff, so the loop wrote 256 dwords into a 64-byte buffer, causing a kernel page fault. The IB only needs to be a minimal NOP shell to schedule the job; the cleaner shader itself is emitted on the ring via emit_cleaner_shader(). Fill 16 dwords to match the allocation. v2: Use ib_size_dw variable (Lijo) (cherry picked from commit bf21af331ebf72d0935fd70c73192414a422c03a)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/201633f47b542a99bb7baafdfcda7781249fb3d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28420e36542ae8b66a5bdcec419525f521bddf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd9a983769a4d0e9cc80a287316ee79685d38b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e864bf2a32a1cbdf1e0f9c5a5a4176e8575f4a3

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