CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72244

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel GPU buddy subsystem, an alignment issue was found in the try_harder function. When a candidate was not aligned to min_block_size, the returned range could have an incorrect offset. The fix aligns candidates down to min_block_size instead of rejecting the request, ensuring correct operation.

Risk Assessment

Improper alignment can lead to memory allocation errors, potentially causing system crashes or unpredictable behavior in GPU-using environments.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix and monitor for GPU memory allocation error messages.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu/buddy: bail out of try_harder when alignment cannot be honoured The try_harder contiguous fallback could return a range whose start offset did not match the caller's min_block_size. When a candidate's start is misaligned, realign it: free the misaligned run and reallocate exactly @size at the next lower min_block_size boundary. This keeps the returned size unchanged with no surplus to trim, and rejects the request only when no aligned candidate fits. v2: align misaligned candidates down to min_block_size instead of bailing out, for both the RHS and LHS paths (Matthew).

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