CVE-2026-68232 (GCVE-0-2026-68232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:00 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:01
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Title
drm/gpusvm: Fix MM reference leak in drm_gpusvm_range_evict
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gpusvm: Fix MM reference leak in drm_gpusvm_range_evict If kvmalloc_array() fails in drm_gpusvm_range_evict(), the MM reference acquired earlier is not released, resulting in a reference leak. Fix this by dropping the MM reference on the kvmalloc_array() failure path.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 99624bdff8670795b678eafa6509aaad3a5c0175 , < a2212fef8e18724e06432fce01fa257296d9f053 (git)
Affected: 99624bdff8670795b678eafa6509aaad3a5c0175 , < adf0542659c783c962f4a8f2adcb3532ed54821c (git)
Affected: 99624bdff8670795b678eafa6509aaad3a5c0175 , < 847b371debf3c8c72384ab7b9a0c4123a74cc925 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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