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CVE-2026-98180

Linux: drm/msm: RCU-free the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
7.1High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.12%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in713abac5c04ccbae67f9ac68c3921845535388e7Also 01c8d1f385f788f1bbbbb7687c4386d614281218CVE List
Published6 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 713abac5c04ccbae67f9ac68c3921845535388e7LinuxCVE List
  • 01c8d1f385f788f1bbbbb7687c4386d614281218LinuxCVE List

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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/

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: 1d8a5ca436ee4a28eec14cb813f790f7cdeeee19 before d81bf4581903b0cba0698cd4d1c07fc6be21754aCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 1d8a5ca436ee4a28eec14cb813f790f7cdeeee19 before 713abac5c04ccbae67f9ac68c3921845535388e7CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 1d8a5ca436ee4a28eec14cb813f790f7cdeeee19 before 01c8d1f385f788f1bbbbb7687c4386d614281218CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 5.15CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 5.15CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.54 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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