In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/rocket: fix UAF via dangling GEM handle in create_bo
rocket_ioctl_create_bo() inserts a GEM handle into the file's IDR via drm_gem_handle_create() early on, then performs several operations that can fail (sgt allocation, drm_mm insert, iommu_map). If any fail after the handle is live, the error path calls drm_gem_shmem_object_free() which kfree's the object without removing the handle from the IDR.
This leaves a dangling handle pointing to freed slab memory. Any subsequent ioctl using that handle (PREP_BO, FINI_BO, SUBMIT) calls drm_gem_object_lookup() and dereferences freed memory (UAF).
Fix by moving drm_gem_handle_create() to after all fallible operations succeed, matching the pattern used by panfrost, lima, and etnaviv.
Also fix drm_mm_insert_node_generic() whose return value was silently overwritten by iommu_map_sgtable() on the next line. Add the missing error check.
[tomeu: Move handle creation to the very end]
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| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-aws-64k | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
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