CVE-2026-80741: drm/log: Fix out-of-bounds read on empty message length

Published Sep 3, 2026
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Updated

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

drm/log: Fix out-of-bounds read on empty message length

drmlogdrawkmsgrecord() accesses s[len - 1] to strip the trailing newline, but len is unsigned int. If len is 0, the subtraction wraps to UINTMAX, causing an out-of-bounds read.

Add an early return when len is 0.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Sep 3, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:26 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:26 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Can exposure be determined from the kernel version alone?

No affected kernel version range is provided. The available references point to stable-kernel fixes, so deployments should compare their kernel source or applied patches with those fixes.

2

What runtime condition reaches the vulnerable access?

The issue occurs when drm_log_draw_kmsg_record() handles a message whose length is zero. The unsigned length value underflows during len - 1, causing an out-of-bounds read.

3

What does the available fix change?

The fix adds an early return when the message length is zero, preventing the underflowing index calculation and subsequent read.

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