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CVE-2026-98949

Linux: drm/imagination: Fix reference and vm_bo handling in remap()

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ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
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Fixed in521cf8403a185a9d5790fe324bb43ba7ea85f51cAlso 9caa2eca5cc8372517ff36a83f321d4326abae93, 784356aa88b82035d70e9faeded49b70cddeb29e and 1 moreCVE List
Published23 Oct 2026Updated 23 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 521cf8403a185a9d5790fe324bb43ba7ea85f51cLinuxCVE List
  • 9caa2eca5cc8372517ff36a83f321d4326abae93LinuxCVE List
  • 784356aa88b82035d70e9faeded49b70cddeb29eLinuxCVE List
  • 196d4d10c1b33ae176685ff42a9994a5952b1d0fLinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/imagination: Fix reference and vm_bo handling in remap()

When a map overlaps part of an existing mapping, pvr_vm_gpuva_remap() splits the mapping into prev/next parts covering what the request did not take, instead of creating something new. It gets two things wrong.

  • A GEM reference is taken for each part but it's never needed and never

dropped, so it leaks one reference per split (remap-next-in-2m in tests/imagination/pvr_vm_map.c):

CRITICAL: 33558528 bytes of shmem still held after close

  • The parts still belong to the original object being split, but

pvr_vm_gpuva_remap() links them to ctx->gpuvm_bo, the new object's vm_bo:

prev_va --obj--> BO_A BO_B <--obj-- vm_bo (ctx->gpuvm_bo) \___________link___________/ (mismatch: BO_A != BO_B)

drm_gpuva_link() catches the mismatch:

WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpuvm.c:2108 at drm_gpuva_link+0x2ec/0x310 drm_WARN_ON(obj != vm_bo->obj) Call trace: drm_gpuva_link pvr_vm_gpuva_remap __drm_gpuvm_sm_map pvr_vm_map pvr_ioctl_vm_map

Link them to op->remap.unmap->va->vm_bo instead.

The locking of the GPUVA lists of the other objects touched by a split is not addressed here; it is handled by switching the GPUVM to immediate mode.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 10

  • Linuxaffected: ff5f643de0bf27874c4033cd57a0bd034b5c7d11 before 521cf8403a185a9d5790fe324bb43ba7ea85f51cCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: ff5f643de0bf27874c4033cd57a0bd034b5c7d11 before 9caa2eca5cc8372517ff36a83f321d4326abae93CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: ff5f643de0bf27874c4033cd57a0bd034b5c7d11 before 784356aa88b82035d70e9faeded49b70cddeb29eCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: ff5f643de0bf27874c4033cd57a0bd034b5c7d11 before 196d4d10c1b33ae176685ff42a9994a5952b1d0fCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.8CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.8CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.113 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.57 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.11 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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