In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: Fix request ref counting during error capture & debugfs dump
When GuC support was added to error capture, the reference counting around the request object was broken. Fix it up.
The context based search manages the spinlocking around the search internally. So it needs to grab the reference count internally as well. The execlist only request based search relies on external locking, so it needs an external reference count but within the spinlock not outside it.
The only other caller of the context based search is the code for dumping engine state to debugfs. That code wasn't previously getting an explicit reference at all as it does everything while holding the execlist specific spinlock. So, that needs updaing as well as that spinlock doesn't help when using GuC submission. Rather than trying to conditionally get/put depending on submission model, just change it to always do the get/put.
v2: Explicitly document adding an extra blank line in some dense code (Andy Shevchenko). Fix multiple potential null pointer derefs in case of no request found (some spotted by Tvrtko, but there was more!). Also fix a leaked request in case of !started and another in __guc_reset_context now that intel_context_find_active_request is actually reference counting the returned request. v3: Add a _get suffix to intel_context_find_active_request now that it grabs a reference (Daniele). v4: Split the intel_guc_find_hung_context change to a separate patch and rename intel_context_find_active_request_get to intel_context_get_active_request (Tvrtko). v5: s/locking/reference counting/ in commit message (Tvrtko)
(cherry picked from commit 3700e353781e27f1bc7222f51f2cc36cbeb9b4ec)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.12-17.42Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perf | Jun 11, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
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