In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu/userq: Fix fence reference leak on queue teardown v2
The user mode queue keeps a pointer to the most recent fence in userq->last_fence. This pointer holds an extra dma_fence reference.
When the queue is destroyed, we free the fence driver and its xarray, but we forgot to drop the last_fence reference.
Because of the missing dma_fence_put(), the last fence object can stay alive when the driver unloads. This leaves an allocated object in the amdgpu_userq_fence slab cache and triggers
This is visible during driver unload as:
BUG amdgpu_userq_fence: Objects remaining on __kmem_cache_shutdown() kmem_cache_destroy amdgpu_userq_fence: Slab cache still has objects Call Trace: kmem_cache_destroy amdgpu_userq_fence_slab_fini amdgpu_exit __do_sys_delete_module
Fix this by putting userq->last_fence and clearing the pointer during amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_free().
This makes sure the fence reference is released and the slab cache is empty when the module exits.
v2: Update to only release userq->last_fence with dma_fence_put() (Christian)
(cherry picked from commit 8e051e38a8d45caf6a866d4ff842105b577953bb)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 4, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 |
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