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GHSA-J4XG-92J8-HCV5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-14 00:31

Details

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

drm/amdgpu: fix lifetime issue of amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_pasid()

The vm pointer returned from amdgpu_vm_get_vm_from_pasid() is only valid while the lock is still being held. Once xa_unlock_irqrestore is called and returned, the pointer is no longer under lock and is subject to modification. Since, the caller still dereferences vm->task_info in amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_vm() after the lock is removed, this causes a use after unlock problem.

Remove the lifetime issue present in amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_pasid() through removing the amdgpu_vm_get_vm_from_pasid() function from amdgpu_vm.c and making the relevant code inline to hold the lock while it is still in use.

(cherry picked from commit 9d01579f3f868b333acc901815972685989092c7)

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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  "published": "2026-08-10T15:33:42Z",
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CVE-2026-68245 (GCVE-0-2026-68245)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:01 – Updated: 2026-08-18 06:55

Title

drm/amdgpu: fix lifetime issue of amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_pasid()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix lifetime issue of amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_pasid() The vm pointer returned from amdgpu_vm_get_vm_from_pasid() is only valid while the lock is still being held. Once xa_unlock_irqrestore is called and returned, the pointer is no longer under lock and is subject to modification. Since, the caller still dereferences vm->task_info in amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_vm() after the lock is removed, this causes a use after unlock problem. Remove the lifetime issue present in amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_pasid() through removing the amdgpu_vm_get_vm_from_pasid() function from amdgpu_vm.c and making the relevant code inline to hold the lock while it is still in use. (cherry picked from commit 9d01579f3f868b333acc901815972685989092c7)

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

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe16a7e5336ae8887…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1173190412fb9d12e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5fb9124a2bba96a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04cc4aa3617b0ed67…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: b8f67b9ddf4f8fe6dd536590712b5912ad78f99c , < fe16a7e5336ae888751984e30c451fbf7cfa5df7 (git) Affected: b8f67b9ddf4f8fe6dd536590712b5912ad78f99c , < 1173190412fb9d12e7efce76734118d9712ff970 (git) Affected: b8f67b9ddf4f8fe6dd536590712b5912ad78f99c , < 5d5fb9124a2bba96a7807086d8fe0f7ce810d546 (git) Affected: b8f67b9ddf4f8fe6dd536590712b5912ad78f99c , < 04cc4aa3617b0ed67e859f91f09de5d896a46f3a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (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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