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CVE-2026-99147

Linux: drm/exec: don't immediately add prelocked obj to array of locked objs

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in96d9996e5dbcfabed052c0d9377a382c95fed607Also 7a10cd79c4d9a90334fece32fef3a8e5b1a9727b, 26401a4999f1596a515b2e704e7066ac09306488CVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 96d9996e5dbcfabed052c0d9377a382c95fed607LinuxCVE List
  • 7a10cd79c4d9a90334fece32fef3a8e5b1a9727bLinuxCVE List
  • 26401a4999f1596a515b2e704e7066ac09306488LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

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

drm/exec: don't immediately add prelocked obj to array of locked objs

When a contention is detected the drm_exec object grabs a reference to the contended object, unlocks all other objects and pre-locks the contended one before anything else.

The problem is that it is possible that this pre-locked object was about to be destroyed and drm_exec is now holding the last reference to it.

So we never actually see this pre-locked object again to be explicitly locked and so also never reserve a slot for a dma_fence object on it.

Should the driver now use drm_exec_for_each_locked_object() to add a new fence to all locked objects we eventually see a warning or even a BUG_ON() to prevent random memory corruption.

Fix this by keeping the prelocked object out of the array of locked objs until it was explicitly mentioned by the driver again.

If the prelocked object is never mentioned again by the driver just unlock and drop the reference at the end of the locking loop.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: 09593216bff15866f95c8ad406cb7fdcec1ee40a before 96d9996e5dbcfabed052c0d9377a382c95fed607CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 09593216bff15866f95c8ad406cb7fdcec1ee40a before 7a10cd79c4d9a90334fece32fef3a8e5b1a9727bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 09593216bff15866f95c8ad406cb7fdcec1ee40a before 26401a4999f1596a515b2e704e7066ac09306488CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.6CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.6CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.59 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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