CVE-2026-98512

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: RCU-free the scheduler-containing nouveau_sched struct nouveau_sched embeds a struct drm_gpu_scheduler (base). nouveau_sched_destroy() calls nouveau_sched_fini() (which does drm_sched_fini(&sched->base)) and then frees the object with plain kfree(sched). 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 via drm_syncobj / sync_file therefore keeps pointing at &sched->base after nouveau_sched_destroy(), and a later get_timeline_name() -- reachable unprivileged through SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed 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 object with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree().

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.1 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:02.457000

Last modified

2026-10-24 14:16:45.290000

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  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:02.457",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T14:16:45.290",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/nouveau: RCU-free the scheduler-containing nouveau_sched\n\nstruct nouveau_sched embeds a struct drm_gpu_scheduler (base).\nnouveau_sched_destroy() calls nouveau_sched_fini() (which does\ndrm_sched_fini(&sched->base)) and then frees the object with plain\nkfree(sched).\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 via drm_syncobj /\nsync_file therefore keeps pointing at &sched->base after nouveau_sched_destroy(),\nand a later get_timeline_name() -- reachable unprivileged through\nSYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed memory (KASAN slab-use-after-free\nread).\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\nobject with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree()."
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