# drm/i915/dmc: Harden DMC firmware payload parsing

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99118`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99118`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 28 Oct 2026, 10:34 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: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before 0e396088fa5c1f96ff43de29c2a2f8807078723d` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before 53068cf3851dd4e00e8e668563e0353d9d79a98b` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before e33921271d4438f4a24014f560e5ab297d7eda3f` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before 4589ad76a6b1011538600ad398baf0b7d73a1252` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before eb7a0ba650d607976d1a0a5e7501d3f14b35d026` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before dfcfe2874e7c16e8460dc86ac1eeb54ea0e7f8aa` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before 05f7a2f712f8b287a98ee61a7c2c6b72dad2fc6d` (git)
  - affected: `eb805623d8b161342ed9c9caf366f0a295041a6d to before 8bb1858db453cd4250e3b633f5d2d09206024ca6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.2`
  - unaffected: `before 4.2` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.161 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.115 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.59 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.13 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## 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 6 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 28 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99118](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99118)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99118](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99118)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e396088fa5c1f96ff43de29c2a2f8807078723d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53068cf3851dd4e00e8e668563e0353d9d79a98b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e33921271d4438f4a24014f560e5ab297d7eda3f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4589ad76a6b1011538600ad398baf0b7d73a1252>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7a0ba650d607976d1a0a5e7501d3f14b35d026>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcfe2874e7c16e8460dc86ac1eeb54ea0e7f8aa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f7a2f712f8b287a98ee61a7c2c6b72dad2fc6d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb1858db453cd4250e3b633f5d2d09206024ca6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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