Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-23149
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Do not allow userspace to trigger kernel warnings in drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl() Since GEM bo handles are u32 in the uapi and the internal implementation uses idr_alloc() which uses int ranges, passing a new handle larger than INT_MAX trivially triggers a kernel warning: idr_alloc(): ... if (WARN_ON_ONCE(start < 0)) return -EINVAL; ... Fix it by rejecting new handles above INT_MAX and at the same time make the end limit calculation more obvious by moving into int domain.
EPSS: 0.001 (1.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 53096728b8910c6916ecc6c46a5abc5c678b58d9, 6.18, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-23149?
- CVE-2026-23149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2026-23149?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.