ghsa-pr2g-95mc-47fv
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "drm/gem-shmem: Use dma_buf from GEM object instance"
This reverts commit 1a148af06000e545e714fe3210af3d77ff903c11.
The dma_buf field in struct drm_gem_object is not stable over the object instance's lifetime. The field becomes NULL when user space releases the final GEM handle on the buffer object. This resulted in a NULL-pointer deref.
Workarounds in commit 5307dce878d4 ("drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers") and commit f6bfc9afc751 ("drm/framebuffer: Acquire internal references on GEM handles") only solved the problem partially. They especially don't work for buffer objects without a DRM framebuffer associated.
Hence, this revert to going back to using .import_attach->dmabuf.
v3: - cc stable
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38669"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-22T16:15:42Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRevert \"drm/gem-shmem: Use dma_buf from GEM object instance\"\n\nThis reverts commit 1a148af06000e545e714fe3210af3d77ff903c11.\n\nThe dma_buf field in struct drm_gem_object is not stable over the\nobject instance\u0027s lifetime. The field becomes NULL when user space\nreleases the final GEM handle on the buffer object. This resulted\nin a NULL-pointer deref.\n\nWorkarounds in commit 5307dce878d4 (\"drm/gem: Acquire references on\nGEM handles for framebuffers\") and commit f6bfc9afc751 (\"drm/framebuffer:\nAcquire internal references on GEM handles\") only solved the problem\npartially. They especially don\u0027t work for buffer objects without a DRM\nframebuffer associated.\n\nHence, this revert to going back to using .import_attach-\u003edmabuf.\n\nv3:\n- cc stable",
"id": "GHSA-pr2g-95mc-47fv",
"modified": "2025-08-22T18:31:23Z",
"published": "2025-08-22T18:31:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38669"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/291a77604858a8b47cf6640a12b76e97f99e00ed"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d496e9569983a0d7a05be6661126d0702cf94f7"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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