Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/vma: Fix UAF on destroy against retire race
Object debugging tools were sporadically reporting illegal attempts to
free a still active i915 VMA object when parking a GT believed to be idle.
[161.359441] ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: ffff88811643b958 object type: i915_active hint: __i915_vma_active+0x0/0x50 [i915]
[161.360082] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 276 at lib/debugobjects.c:514 debug_print_object+0x80/0xb0
...
[161.360304] CPU: 5 PID: 276 Comm: kworker/5:2 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc1-CI_DRM_13375-g003f860e5577+ #1
[161.360314] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Rocket Lake Client Platform/RocketLake S UDIMM 6L RVP, BIOS RKLSFWI1.R00.3173.A03.2204210138 04/21/2022
[161.360322] Workqueue: i915-unordered __intel_wakeref_put_work [i915]
[161.360592] RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x80/0xb0
...
[161.361347] debug_object_free+0xeb/0x110
[161.361362] i915_active_fini+0x14/0x130 [i915]
[161.361866] release_references+0xfe/0x1f0 [i915]
[161.362543] i915_vma_parked+0x1db/0x380 [i915]
[161.363129] __gt_park+0x121/0x230 [i915]
[161.363515] ____intel_wakeref_put_last+0x1f/0x70 [i915]
That has been tracked down to be happening when another thread is
deactivating the VMA inside __active_retire() helper, after the VMA's
active counter has been already decremented to 0, but before deactivation
of the VMA's object is reported to the object debugging tool.
We could prevent from that race by serializing i915_active_fini() with
__active_retire() via ref->tree_lock, but that wouldn't stop the VMA from
being used, e.g. from __i915_vma_retire() called at the end of
__active_retire(), after that VMA has been already freed by a concurrent
i915_vma_destroy() on return from the i915_active_fini(). Then, we should
rather fix the issue at the VMA level, not in i915_active.
Since __i915_vma_parked() is called from __gt_park() on last put of the
GT's wakeref, the issue could be addressed by holding the GT wakeref long
enough for __active_retire() to complete before that wakeref is released
and the GT parked.
I believe the issue was introduced by commit d93939730347 ("drm/i915:
Remove the vma refcount") which moved a call to i915_active_fini() from
a dropped i915_vma_release(), called on last put of the removed VMA kref,
to i915_vma_parked() processing path called on last put of a GT wakeref.
However, its visibility to the object debugging tool was suppressed by a
bug in i915_active that was fixed two weeks later with commit e92eb246feb9
("drm/i915/active: Fix missing debug object activation").
A VMA associated with a request doesn't acquire a GT wakeref by itself.
Instead, it depends on a wakeref held directly by the request's active
intel_context for a GT associated with its VM, and indirectly on that
intel_context's engine wakeref if the engine belongs to the same GT as the
VMA's VM. Those wakerefs are released asynchronously to VMA deactivation.
Fix the issue by getting a wakeref for the VMA's GT when activating it,
and putting that wakeref only after the VMA is deactivated. However,
exclude global GTT from that processing path, otherwise the GPU never goes
idle. Since __i915_vma_retire() may be called from atomic contexts, use
async variant of wakeref put. Also, to avoid circular locking dependency,
take care of acquiring the wakeref before VM mutex when both are needed.
v7: Add inline comments with justifications for:
- using untracked variants of intel_gt_pm_get/put() (Nirmoy),
- using async variant of _put(),
- not getting the wakeref in case of a global GTT,
- always getting the first wakeref outside vm->mutex.
v6: Since __i915_vma_active/retire() callbacks are not serialized, storing
a wakeref tracking handle inside struct i915_vma is not safe, and
there is no other good place for that. Use untracked variants of
intel_gt_pm_get/put_async().
v5: Replace "tile" with "GT" across commit description (Rodrigo),
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.19 | 6.1.88 |
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 | 6.8.9-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.8.9-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 6.1.90-1 | DSA-5680-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux | 6.8.0-35.35 | USN-6816-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-aws | 6.8.0-1009.9 | USN-6817-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-azure | 6.8.0-1008.8 | USN-6817-3 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 6.8.0-1008.9 | USN-6817-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-gke | 6.8.0-1004.7 | USN-6817-3 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-ibm +2 | 6.8.0-1006.6 | USN-6878-1, USN-6817-2, USN-6816-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 6.8.0-1005.5 | USN-6816-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +1 | 6.8.0-35.35.1 | USN-6816-1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +13 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 6.8.0-2004.4 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime | 6.8.1-1002.2 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | bpftool | 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 | RHSA-2024:9315 |
| RHEL 9 | rv +67 | 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 | RHSA-2024:9315 |
| RHEL 8 | kernel-rt +12 | 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 | RHSA-2024:7001 |
| RHEL 8 | perf +26 | 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 | RHSA-2024:7000 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9.4 EUS | bpftool | 7.3.0-427.74.1.el9_4 | RHSA-2025:9584 |
| RHEL 9.4 EUS | rv +64 | 5.14.0-427.74.1.el9_4 | RHSA-2025:9584 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | kernel-rt +11 | 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:7001 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | perf +24 | 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:7000 |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 8 | kernel | 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 | RLSA-2024:7000 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | kernel-rt | 4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 | RLSA-2024:7001 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +6 | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLE Micro 6.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 | SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.0 | kernel-rt +1 | 6.4.0-9.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.0 | kernel-source +2 | 6.4.0-18.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15 +1 | 1-150500.11.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1 |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 | kernel-rt +3 | 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | dtb-aarch64 +10 | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-azure +2 | 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-rt +3 | 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | kernel-livepatch-6.1.90-99.173 | 1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2024-695, ALAS2023-2024-639 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | perf +14 | 6.1.90-99.173.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2024-695, ALAS2023-2024-639 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | bpftool | 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 | ELSA-2024-9315 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | rv +28 | 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 | ELSA-2024-9315 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | perf +19 | 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 | ELSA-2024-7000 |
Advisories 24
- RHSA-2024:9315 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- RHSA-2024:7000 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- RHSA-2024:7001 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- ALSA-2024:7001 Important: kernel-rt security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- ALSA-2024:7000 Important: kernel security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- USN-6878-1 linux-oracle vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- USN-6816-1 linux, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- USN-6817-3 linux-azure, linux-gke vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- USN-6817-1 linux-aws, linux-gcp vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- USN-6817-2 linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 27, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-1008 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 12, 2026
- RHSA-2025:9584 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 2, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- DSA-5680-1 linux - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- RLSA-2024:7001 Important: kernel-rt security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Feb 5, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- ALAS2023-2024-695 Important: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jun 5, 2025
- RLSA-2024:7000 Important: kernel security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · May 7, 2025
- SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 2, 2025
- ELSA-2024-9315 Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Nov 14, 2024
- ELSA-2024-7000 Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Sep 24, 2024
- ALAS2023-2024-639 Moderate: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jul 3, 2024