CVE-2026-98165: drm/amdgpu: restrict BAR0 fallback read to SR-IOV VFs only

Published Oct 6, 2026
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Updated

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

drm/amdgpu: restrict BAR0 fallback read to SR-IOV VFs only

The BAR0 fallback read path was introduced as a workaround for SR-IOV VFs where the VRAM aperture is not available during early init. Restrict this workaround to only SR-IOV VFs where it's needed.

(cherry picked from commit d8a0affd207c813bd063fa2c27786f449eaf92b8)

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel drm/amdgpu to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch d8a0affd207c813bd063fa2c27786f449eaf92b8

Event History

Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:44 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:44 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:17 AM
Description

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