High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-81016
platform/x86/amd/pmc: Propagate SMU errors and validate S2D address
7.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86/amd/pmc: Propagate SMU errors and validate S2D address
amd_stb_s2d_init() discards the return value of several S2D SMU commands.
When the SMU refuses a command (e.g. "SMU cmd failed. err: 0xff") the
failure is only noticed indirectly - if at all - and reported as -EIO,
masking the real error.
More seriously, the S2D_PHYS_ADDR_LOW/HIGH return values are ignored, so
on failure phys_addr_low/hi are left uninitialised and the assembled
address is passed straight to devm_ioremap(). When the SMU leaves them at
zero this maps physical address 0 and trips the ioremap-on-RAM warning:
amd_pmc AMDI000B:00: SMU cmd failed. err: 0xff
ioremap on RAM at 0x0000000000000000 - 0x0000000000ffffff
WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 4592 at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:...
Check the return value of each SMU command and propagate it, and reject a
zero physical address before calling devm_ioremap().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d before 85ef9d4c384c1d143c51580933674d94dba3b8d9; 3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d before 638e1ca5d4e2b4fdbb209db64926d013b34f3b79; 3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d before 8178f59d76570b152d836bde07f5997f15861f04; 3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d before 775d4cde1f9737796ce7d8393521e9e8c5b49891; 3d7d407dfb05b257e15cb0c6b056428a4a8c2e5d before 0225c1d637687b03726f00ac65b6def843d2c464; 5.18 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81016
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81016
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85ef9d4c384c1d143c51580933674d94dba3b8d9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/638e1ca5d4e2b4fdbb209db64926d013b34f3b79
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8178f59d76570b152d836bde07f5997f15861f04
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775d4cde1f9737796ce7d8393521e9e8c5b49891
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0225c1d637687b03726f00ac65b6def843d2c464
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