In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe: prevent UAF around preempt fence
The fence lock is part of the queue, therefore in the current design anything locking the fence should then also hold a ref to the queue to prevent the queue from being freed.
However, currently it looks like we signal the fence and then drop the queue ref, but if something is waiting on the fence, the waiter is kicked to wake up at some later point, where upon waking up it first grabs the lock before checking the fence state. But if we have already dropped the queue ref, then the lock might already be freed as part of the queue, leading to uaf.
To prevent this, move the fence lock into the fence itself so we don't run into lifetime issues. Alternative might be to have device level lock, or only release the queue in the fence release callback, however that might require pushing to another worker to avoid locking issues.
References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/-/issues/2454 References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/-/issues/2342 References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/-/issues/2020 (cherry picked from commit 7116c35aacedc38be6d15bd21b2fc936eed0008b)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
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| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 | Dec 13, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 |
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