In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/userptr: fix notifier vs folio deadlock
User is reporting what smells like notifier vs folio deadlock, where migrate_pages_batch() on core kernel side is holding folio lock(s) and then interacting with the mappings of it, however those mappings are tied to some userptr, which means calling into the notifier callback and grabbing the notifier lock. With perfect timing it looks possible that the pages we pulled from the hmm fault can get sniped by migrate_pages_batch() at the same time that we are holding the notifier lock to mark the pages as accessed/dirty, but at this point we also want to grab the folio locks(s) to mark them as dirty, but if they are contended from notifier/migrate_pages_batch side then we deadlock since folio lock won't be dropped until we drop the notifier lock.
Fortunately the mark_page_accessed/dirty is not really needed in the first place it seems and should have already been done by hmm fault, so just remove it.
(cherry picked from commit bd7c0cb695e87c0e43247be8196b4919edbe0e85)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-source-vanilla | Dec 5, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1004-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-raspiUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-awsUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k | Jun 26, 2025 | May 9, 2025 |
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