Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
video/aperture: Call sysfb_disable() before removing PCI devices
Call sysfb_disable() from aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices()
before removing PCI devices. Without, simpledrm can still bind to
simple-framebuffer devices after the hardware driver has taken over
the hardware. Both drivers interfere with each other and results are
undefined.
Reported modesetting errors [1] are shown below.
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rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 13-.... } 7 jiffies s: 165 root: 0x2000/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Task dump for CPU 13:
task:X state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 4242 ppid: 4228 flags:0x00000008
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? commit_tail+0xd7/0x130
? drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x126/0x150
? drm_atomic_commit+0xa4/0xe0
? drm_plane_get_damage_clips.cold+0x1c/0x1c
? drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb+0x19e/0x280
? drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl+0x10f/0x1e0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc4/0x150
? drm_ioctl+0x246/0x3f0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x91/0xd0
? do_syscall_64+0x60/0xd0
? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5
</TASK>
...
rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 13-.... } 30 jiffies s: 169 root: 0x2000/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Task dump for CPU 13:
task:X state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 4242 ppid: 4228 flags:0x0000400e
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? memcpy_toio+0x76/0xc0
? memcpy_toio+0x1b/0xc0
? drm_fb_memcpy_toio+0x76/0xb0
? drm_fb_blit_toio+0x75/0x2b0
? simpledrm_simple_display_pipe_update+0x132/0x150
? drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0xb6/0x230
? drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x44/0x80
? commit_tail+0xd7/0x130
? drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x126/0x150
? drm_atomic_commit+0xa4/0xe0
? drm_plane_get_damage_clips.cold+0x1c/0x1c
? drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb+0x19e/0x280
? drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl+0x10f/0x1e0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc4/0x150
? drm_ioctl+0x246/0x3f0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x91/0xd0
? do_syscall_64+0x60/0xd0
? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5
</TASK>
The problem was added by commit 5e0137612430 ("video/aperture: Disable
and unregister sysfb devices via aperture helpers") to v6.0.3 and does
not exist in the mainline branch.
The mainline commit 5e0137612430 ("video/aperture: Disable and
unregister sysfb devices via aperture helpers") has been backported
from v6.0-rc1 to stable v6.0.3 from a larger patch series [2] that
reworks fbdev framebuffer ownership. The backport misses a change to
aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(). Mainline itself is fine,
because the function does not exist there as a result of the patch
series.
Instead of backporting the whole series, fix the additional function.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.0.3 – < 6.0.6 | 6.0.6 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.0.6-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.0.6-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 6.0.6-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux +8 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-intel +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 +1 | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-2053 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 9, 2026