HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2026-53138
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CVE-2026-53138

Published: June 25, 2026· Updated: Jun 30, 2026

EPSS:0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 daysPercentile:6.4th

Official Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Bound VBIOS record-chain walk loops

[Why & How]

All record-chain walk loops in bios_parser.c and bios_parser2.c use

for(;;) and only terminate on a 0xFF record_type sentinel or zero

record_size. A malformed VBIOS image missing the terminator record

causes unbounded iteration at probe time, potentially hundreds of

thousands of iterations with record_size=1. In the final iterations

near the BIOS image boundary, struct casts beyond the 2-byte header

validated by GET_IMAGE can also read out of bounds.

Cap all 14 record-chain walk loops to BIOS_MAX_NUM_RECORD (256)

iterations. The atombios.h defines up to 22 distinct record types

and atomfirmware.h has 13. Assuming an average of less than 10

records per type (which is reasonable since most are connector-

based) 256 is a generous upper bound.

(cherry picked from commit 95700a3d660287ed657d6892f7be9ffc0e294a93)

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-53138 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

Affected Vendors & Products

Mentioned vendors (from description):
Linux
CPE data not yet available in NVD for this CVE.

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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All References (4)

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2026-53138
SeverityNONE
CISA KEVNo
EPSS (30d)0.17%
PublishedJun 25, 2026

Recommended Actions

  • Apply vendor patches immediately
  • Monitor CVE-2026-53138 in threat intel feeds
  • Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.