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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-68278" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:01:54.285Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-23T12:46:15.450Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-68278" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68278.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68278" title: "drm/dp/mst: fix buffer overflows in sideband chunk accumulation" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/dp/mst: fix buffer overflows in sideband chunk accumulation\n\ndrm_dp_sideband_append_payload() has three related bugs when processing\ndevice-provided sideband reply data:\n\n1. Zero-length curchunk_len underflow: msg_len is a 6-bit field taken\n directly from the DP sideband header. If a device sends msg_len=0,\n curchunk_len is set to zero. The condition (curchunk_idx \u003e= curchunk_len)\n is immediately true, and curchunk_len-1 wraps to 255 (u8 underflow).\n drm_dp_msg_data_crc4() reads 255 bytes from chunk[48], then memcpy()\n writes 255 bytes into msg[], both far out of bounds.\n\n2. chunk[48] overflow: curchunk_len can reach 63 (6-bit field). chunk[] is\n only 48 bytes. Multi-iteration payload assembly appends 16-byte blocks\n until curchunk_idx reaches curchunk_len, writing up to 15 bytes past\n the end of chunk[] into msg[].\n\n3. msg[256] overflow: each chunk contributes (curchunk_len-1) bytes to\n msg[]. No check ensures curlen + (curchunk_len-1) stays within msg[256],\n so the memcpy can spill into adjacent struct fields.\n\nAll three are reachable from any DP MST device that can forge sideband\nreply messages on a physical connection." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ef2ecb6cf268debf3890df99fea01b6452dcf78e"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d4e05dedb252ed3e540a0c9be511e427f098110a"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4d5109075a787de28c9e89940f9dee45269f91fa"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"53937a2787d29c7a460e984dc4f20ff6ac91dc65"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ef0dbcc200c3389f1f781ab181932a97e54b51af"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1e5827839ad0ceb0079d1560c321fa3656b54f21"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a6366b551079c79bf7bdbadd74c97358bcfe2d58"},{"version":"ad7f8a1f9ced7f049f9b66d588723f243a7034cd","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"55bd5e685bda455b9b50c835f8c8442d52a344a3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.17"},{"version":"5.10.266","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.217","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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