CVE-2026-98180
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: RCU-free the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects Both struct msm_ringbuffer and struct msm_gem_vm embed a struct drm_gpu_scheduler. msm_ringbuffer_destroy() and the VM free callback msm_gem_vm_free() call drm_sched_fini() on the embedded scheduler and then free the containing object with plain kfree(). drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name() returns fence->sched->name, and the scheduler fence keeps a .release callback so it is not ops-detached on signalling. A finished fence exported to userspace (the submit out-fence, or a VM_BIND fence, via sync_file / drm_syncobj) keeps pointing at the embedded scheduler after the ring/VM is freed, so a later get_timeline_name() -- reachable unprivileged through SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed slab memory (KASAN slab-use-after-free read). Per the dma-fence lifetime contract the exporter must keep the data backing a signalled fence alive for an RCU grace period. Free the scheduler-containing objects with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree(). Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/750234/
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"id": "CVE-2026-98180",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-10-06T09:18:01.617",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:18.327",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/msm: RCU-free the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects\n\nBoth struct msm_ringbuffer and struct msm_gem_vm embed a struct\ndrm_gpu_scheduler. msm_ringbuffer_destroy() and the VM free callback\nmsm_gem_vm_free() call drm_sched_fini() on the embedded scheduler and then\nfree the containing object with plain kfree().\n\ndrm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name() returns fence->sched->name, and the\nscheduler fence keeps a .release callback so it is not ops-detached on\nsignalling. A finished fence exported to userspace (the submit out-fence, or\na VM_BIND fence, via sync_file / drm_syncobj) keeps pointing at the embedded\nscheduler after the ring/VM is freed, so a later get_timeline_name() --\nreachable unprivileged through SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed slab\nmemory (KASAN slab-use-after-free read).\n\nPer the dma-fence lifetime contract the exporter must keep the data backing a\nsignalled fence alive for an RCU grace period. Free the scheduler-containing\nobjects with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree().\n\nPatchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/750234/"
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