CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-3886

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the virtio-gpu module of the Linux kernel involves an incorrect overflow check when allocating 2D images. This flaw can lead to a buffer overflow, potentially enabling privilege escalation or system crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential local privilege escalation or denial of service (DoS) by a privileged attacker with access to virtio-gpu. In virtualized environments, this may compromise the isolation of virtual machines.

Recommendation

It is recommended to urgently apply the official Linux kernel patch for CVE-2026-3886 and update the system to a patched version. Additionally, restrict access to virtio-gpu devices to trusted virtual machines only.

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Original NVD description (English source)

[virtio-gpu: fix overflow check when allocating 2d image]

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