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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-45878" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-27T12:16:49.108Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:26:39.200Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-45878" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-45878.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45878" title: "drm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2\n\nThe address watch clear code receives watch_id as an unsigned value\n(u32), but some helper functions were using a signed int and checked\nbits by shifting with watch_id.\n\nIf a very large watch_id is passed from userspace, it can be converted\nto a negative value. This can cause invalid shifts and may access\nmemory outside the watch_points array.\n\ndrm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2\n\nFix this by checking that watch_id is within MAX_WATCH_ADDRESSES before\nusing it. Also use BIT(watch_id) to test and clear bits safely.\n\nThis keeps the behavior unchanged for valid watch IDs and avoids\nundefined behavior for invalid ones.\n\nFixes the below:\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../amdkfd/kfd_debug.c:448\nkfd_dbg_trap_clear_dev_address_watch() error: buffer overflow\n'pdd-\u003ewatch_points' 4 \u003c= u32max user_rl='0-3,2147483648-u32max' uncapped\n\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../amdkfd/kfd_debug.c\n 433 int kfd_dbg_trap_clear_dev_address_watch(struct kfd_process_device *pdd,\n 434 uint32_t watch_id)\n 435 {\n 436 int r;\n 437\n 438 if (!kfd_dbg_owns_dev_watch_id(pdd, watch_id))\n\nkfd_dbg_owns_dev_watch_id() doesn't check for negative values so if\nwatch_id is larger than INT_MAX it leads to a buffer overflow.\n(Negative shifts are undefined).\n\n 439 return -EINVAL;\n 440\n 441 if (!pdd-\u003edev-\u003ekfd-\u003eshared_resources.enable_mes) {\n 442 r = debug_lock_and_unmap(pdd-\u003edev-\u003edqm);\n 443 if (r)\n 444 return r;\n 445 }\n 446\n 447 amdgpu_gfx_off_ctrl(pdd-\u003edev-\u003eadev, false);\n--\u003e 448 pdd-\u003ewatch_points[watch_id] = pdd-\u003edev-\u003ekfd2kgd-\u003eclear_address_watch(\n 449 pdd-\u003edev-\u003eadev,\n 450 watch_id);\n\nv2: (as per, Jonathan Kim)\n - Add early watch_id \u003e= MAX_WATCH_ADDRESSES validation in the set path to\n match the clear path.\n - Drop the redundant bounds check in kfd_dbg_owns_dev_watch_id()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e0f85f4690d089cc1a60337decafb1acf7eec45e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"971bf8e61e9b4abaacf9b35eaf76ec222758f9d6"},{"version":"e0f85f4690d089cc1a60337decafb1acf7eec45e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a0d367e13db63a6ed76ee0d0a8c3a58c1fa98488"},{"version":"e0f85f4690d089cc1a60337decafb1acf7eec45e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2b36c0c1bcbbe15f6cfa9652084b3124c835a150"},{"version":"e0f85f4690d089cc1a60337decafb1acf7eec45e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3c38a0f07aa2bfef2b219b1f045534ad93f85afd"},{"version":"e0f85f4690d089cc1a60337decafb1acf7eec45e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5a19302cab5cec7ae7f1a60c619951e6c17d8742"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.5"},{"version":"6.6.128","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.75","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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