In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/preempt_fence: enlarge the fence critical section
It is really easy to introduce subtle deadlocks in preempt_fence_work_func() since we operate on single global ordered-wq for signalling our preempt fences behind the scenes, so even though we signal a particular fence, everything in the callback should be in the fence critical section, since blocking in the callback will prevent other published fences from signalling. If we enlarge the fence critical section to cover the entire callback, then lockdep should be able to understand this better, and complain if we grab a sensitive lock like vm->lock, which is also held when waiting on preempt fences.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-macros | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04d | Dec 13, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
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