# drm/amdgpu: fix buffer overflow during vBIOS update

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97425`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97425`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `8424f2ccb3c0dd43369288a47d15c980136c3bd5 to before bce28deb42b9e8d368648a002ffe3a6124c482aa` (git)
  - affected: `8424f2ccb3c0dd43369288a47d15c980136c3bd5 to before 4a1b0a4c5acbe96368d71157b264dcd917ba6c9e` (git)
  - affected: `8424f2ccb3c0dd43369288a47d15c980136c3bd5 to before c7b2af01ee2ecfb8f2289dc83524d8fb1ec72992` (git)
  - affected: `8424f2ccb3c0dd43369288a47d15c980136c3bd5 to before 29fef371331e87311822000535f491ffc3d7a64f` (git)
  - affected: `8424f2ccb3c0dd43369288a47d15c980136c3bd5 to before 6229898d46c0cbc238a6fe9f11c1ea12cf8bb9c5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel amdgpu driver is affected from version 5.19 until the fix, which is listed in stable releases 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 and 6.18.53. The source gives few details: it describes a buffer overflow during vBIOS update but does not say who can trigger it or what an attacker could achieve. Upgrade to a fixed kernel version listed above.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0019, the 8th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97425](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97425)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97425](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97425)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce28deb42b9e8d368648a002ffe3a6124c482aa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a1b0a4c5acbe96368d71157b264dcd917ba6c9e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7b2af01ee2ecfb8f2289dc83524d8fb1ec72992>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29fef371331e87311822000535f491ffc3d7a64f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6229898d46c0cbc238a6fe9f11c1ea12cf8bb9c5>

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