{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-43498", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:56.014Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-21T12:17:48.550Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:20.973Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:20.973Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naccel/ivpu: Disallow re-exporting imported GEM objects\n\nPrevent re-exporting of imported GEM buffers by adding a custom\nprime_handle_to_fd callback that checks if the object is imported\nand returns -EOPNOTSUPP if so.\n\nRe-exporting imported GEM buffers causes loss of buffer flags settings,\nleading to incorrect device access and data corruption." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The accel/ivpu NPU driver is reachable only through local `/dev/accel/accelX` ioctls (BO_CREATE_FROM_USERPTR, PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD/FD_TO_HANDLE, SUBMIT); it is not network- or adjacent-facing.\nAC:L - The exploit is a fully attacker-controlled, deterministic sequence (create RO userptr BO, re-export, re-import losing the RO flag, submit a write job) with no race or uncontrolled memory-layout dependency.\nPR:L - No root or capability is required—only access to the accel device node, which unprivileged local users typically hold on NPU-equipped systems; the ioctls carry no DRM_ROOT_ONLY/capable() gate.\nUI:N - The attacker performs every step (BO creation, re-export/re-import, NPU job submission) without any victim action.\nS:U - Impacted memory is all under the kernel's authority and the DMA/IOMMU isolation itself is not bypassed (pages are legitimately mapped, only the device-MMU read-only bit is dropped); this is standard in-OS privilege escalation.\nC:H - The resulting write primitive into shared read-only page-cache/executable pages can be leveraged for code execution in privileged contexts and thus arbitrary memory disclosure, and per guidance such memory corruption is scored High.\nI:H - The device, under attacker control, gains an arbitrary write into host pages that must be read-only (shared/file-backed/CoW pages), yielding controlled corruption of memory belonging to other contexts.\nA:H - Corrupting shared page-cache/executable pages or other processes' memory readily crashes processes and the system, a High availability impact consistent with memory-corruption guidance." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "57557964b582238d5ee4b8538d1c4694f91c2186", "lessThan": "3756043dd695bba34cc728cdc5688dcb49ac8043", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "57557964b582238d5ee4b8538d1c4694f91c2186", "lessThan": "7dd57d7a6350770dfc283287125c409e995200e0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_drv.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.19", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3756043dd695bba34cc728cdc5688dcb49ac8043" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd57d7a6350770dfc283287125c409e995200e0" } ], "title": "accel/ivpu: Disallow re-exporting imported GEM objects", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }