CVE-2026-98999

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98999",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:17:22.177",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T14:16:51.610",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe: Fix stale pinned_link entry when fb-pin performs the final unpin\n\nxe_bo_pin_external() and xe_bo_unpin_external() maintain the bo's\npinned_link list membership in xe->pinned.late.external, based on\nwhether the current call is the outermost pin or the final unpin.\nHowever, the same external bo's pin_count can also be raised and\nlowered directly by __xe_pin_fb_vma()/__xe_unpin_fb_vma(), which pin\nthe bo as a display scanout buffer without going through\nxe_bo_pin_external()/xe_bo_unpin_external() at all, and have no\nnotion of, or ownership over, pinned_link.\n\nIf a bo is pinned both externally (e.g. dma-buf export) and as an fb,\nand the external unpin happens first, xe_bo_unpin_external() correctly\nobserves pin_count > 1 and leaves the bo on pinned_link. When the fb\nunpin later performs the true last unpin (pin_count 1 -> 0), it never\ntouches pinned_link, leaving the bo linked on xe->pinned.late.external\nindefinitely. Once the bo is subsequently freed, this stale list entry\npoints into freed memory, corrupting the list and risking a\nuse-after-free the next time the list is walked or spliced.\n\nThe backup object pin/unpin sites in xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned()/\nxe_bo_notifier_unprepare_pinned() have the same bypass characteristic,\nthough they never add their bo to a pinned list, so are not affected\nby this particular list-corruption issue.\n\nMove the pinned_link removal into xe_bo_account_unpin(), which already\nruns on every unpin path (kernel, external, framebuffer, backup\nobject) right before the true 1 -> 0 pin_count transition. Since\nlist_del_init() only operates on the node itself, this removal is\nlist-agnostic and safe to perform regardless of which list (external\nor kernel_bo_present) the bo happens to be linked on, or which code\npath is performing the final unpin. Drop the now-redundant explicit\nlist_del_init() calls in xe_bo_unpin_external() and xe_bo_unpin().\n\nv2:\n- New patch\n\nv3:\n- Rebased on changes to previous patch.\n\n(cherry picked from commit ca58d36a1f93af586ee93b340c9f9fd81312cc01)"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7",
              "lessThan": "3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7",
              "lessThan": "b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7",
              "lessThan": "cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.8",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.8",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18.57",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.11",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684",
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}