CVE-2026-31781: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-31781 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 42 · Related 40Timeline
- 01-05-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ioc32: stop speculation on the drm_compat_ioctl path The drm compat ioctl path takes a user controlled pointer, and then dereferences it into a table of function pointers, the signature method of spectre problems. Fix this up by calling array_index_nospec() on the index to the function pointer list.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
2%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.12% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu157 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-136.136
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1061.64
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < 46a60ee8956ef1975f00455f614761c7ecedc09d | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < 5bb398991f378ef74d90b14a6ea8b61ff96cc03a | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < d59c5d8539662d95887b4564f3f72ad38076a2d5 | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < 489f2ef2b908898d01df697dc4fe1476674be640 | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < 4a41c2b18fc05d30b718d2602cac339eae710b34 | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < f0e441be08a2eab10b2d06fccfa267ee599dd6b3 | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < 27ef84bba9b9d7b03418c60fbc6069ea0e87b13c | ≥ 505b5240329b922f21f91d5b5d1e535c805eca6d, < f8995c2df519f382525ca4bc90553ad2ec611067 | abc60edcfc87771ff244763d4d19c67766f5dd0f | a2a840d6dcae960c2dfdf3fcb1b759e1b7d90663 | 00279b505289f7529d9be2e78915d0483ffbd314 | d04e6ea0cec9e7d6cba806508f657d2d0dc6cacf | 7f3ebea19795eb38438cd3709fabf2afd53cf447 | ≥ 3.16.63, < 3.17 | ≥ 4.4.170, < 4.5 | ≥ 4.9.148, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.91, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.13, < 4.20 | 4.20
- linux_kernel≥ 3.16.63, < 3.17 | ≥ 4.4.170, < 4.5 | ≥ 4.9.148, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.91, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.13, < 4.20 | ≥ 4.20.1, < 5.10.253 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.203 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.168 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.134 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.81 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.22 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.12 | 4.20 | 7.0:rc1 | 7.0:rc2 | 7.0:rc3 | 7.0:rc4 | 7.0:rc5 | 7.0:rc6
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.170-1 | < 6.12.85-1 | < 6.19.12-1
3 vendors · 160 products