# CVE-2026-98176: drm/amdkfd: Avoid integer underflow with ffs in EOP ring size calc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 14328aa58ce523a59996c5a82681c43ec048cc33, fixed in 82e1b8299c6da02ce02185c208d2fdf7572b5ea1; from 14328aa58ce523a59996c5a82681c43ec048cc33, fixed in c883d0a132d430ef7ebb23fd94323be94d0fbdb8
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.3.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Avoid integer underflow with ffs in EOP ring size calc The low 6 bits of cp_hqd_eop_control store the base-2 logarithm of the EOP ring size. This was calculated as ffs(q->eop_ring_buffer_size / sizeof(unsigned int)) - 1 - 1 But ffs can in theory return 1 or 0, so this could underflow (although in practice the ring buffer size cannot be less than 4096). Change this to ffs(q->eop_ring_buffer_size / sizeof(unsigned int) / 4) using properties of logarithms. (cherry picked from commit 4f18c56630383c14bfc6b2d65f88f2f895d2121a)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82e1b8299c6da02ce02185c208d2fdf7572b5ea1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c883d0a132d430ef7ebb23fd94323be94d0fbdb8

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