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GHSA-8V73-W5J7-P4X2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpu: host1x: Fix use-after-free in host1x_bo_clear_cached_mappings

__host1x_bo_unpin() drops the last reference to the mapping and frees it, so we can't dereference mapping afterwards. The cache itself outlives the mapping, so use the cache local variable instead.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-68427 (GCVE-0-2026-68427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:04 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:35

Title

gpu: host1x: Fix use-after-free in host1x_bo_clear_cached_mappings

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix use-after-free in host1x_bo_clear_cached_mappings __host1x_bo_unpin() drops the last reference to the mapping and frees it, so we can't dereference mapping afterwards. The cache itself outlives the mapping, so use the cache local variable instead.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a9bd8c8f422d5f3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abeff53233b984571…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7e5f84d3d4cea10…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f4de3c717d34a24d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b773faa32b0a98c3e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/266cddf7bd0f6c79b…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: af755456299d44e4ed6af3b7c70a7f03ea37fdf1 , < 86a9bd8c8f422d5f3079da31e151868902fcc702 (git) Affected: 71c017b3f83ff72638f2a1b1d6d4e7bc61d30231 , < abeff53233b984571b87582bb588b4b38ef4ea50 (git) Affected: 0e9dd7cfb9986b78cc81eca126ccfbf57f4c0602 , < 5b7e5f84d3d4cea10c3764d2da274810a7934228 (git) Affected: 8c0d3cf0d5108c96317e0eca92b60dd368867cef , < 5f4de3c717d34a24d555af581947742980778c02 (git) Affected: df63c76f9c8d881ca7bce1aecfba512328d0527d , < b773faa32b0a98c3eb2b50d96de631681e5d1157 (git) Affected: 3cbf5e3c46e66d9b3b6b91099bb720c6cb1be3bc , < 266cddf7bd0f6c79b6c0633aef742a22bf70265b (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.1.178 , < 6.1.183 (semver) Affected: 6.6.145 , < 6.6.148 (semver) Affected: 6.12.97 , < 6.12.101 (semver) Affected: 6.18.40 , < 6.18.42 (semver) Affected: 7.1.5 , < 7.1.6 (semver)

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CVE-2026-68427 (GCVE-0-2026-68427)

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