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drm/amdgpu: fix a job->pasid access race in gpu recovery

Published Jan 13, 2026 · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.17 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.17 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

drm/amdgpu: fix a job->pasid access race in gpu recovery

Avoid a possible UAF in GPU recovery due to a race between
the sched timeout callback and the tdr work queue.

The gpu recovery function calls drm_sched_stop() and
later drm_sched_start(). drm_sched_start() restarts
the tdr queue which will eventually free the job. If
the tdr queue frees the job before time out callback
completes, the job will be freed and we'll get a UAF
when accessing the pasid. Cache it early to avoid the
UAF.

Example KASAN trace:
[ 493.058141] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in amdgpu_device_gpu_recover+0x968/0x990 [amdgpu]
[ 493.067530] Read of size 4 at addr ffff88b0ce3f794c by task kworker/u128:1/323
[ 493.074892]
[ 493.076485] CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 323 Comm: kworker/u128:1 Tainted: G E 6.16.0-1289896.2.zuul.bf4f11df81c1410bbe901c4373305a31 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 493.076493] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[ 493.076495] Hardware name: TYAN B8021G88V2HR-2T/S8021GM2NR-2T, BIOS V1.03.B10 04/01/2019
[ 493.076500] Workqueue: amdgpu-reset-dev drm_sched_job_timedout [gpu_sched]
[ 493.076512] Call Trace:
[ 493.076515] <TASK>
[ 493.076518] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
[ 493.076529] print_report+0xce/0x630
[ 493.076536] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x86/0xd0
[ 493.076541] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 493.076545] ? amdgpu_device_gpu_recover+0x968/0x990 [amdgpu]
[ 493.077253] kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0
[ 493.077258] ? amdgpu_device_gpu_recover+0x968/0x990 [amdgpu]
[ 493.077965] amdgpu_device_gpu_recover+0x968/0x990 [amdgpu]
[ 493.078672] ? __pfx_amdgpu_device_gpu_recover+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[ 493.079378] ? amdgpu_coredump+0x1fd/0x4c0 [amdgpu]
[ 493.080111] amdgpu_job_timedout+0x642/0x1400 [amdgpu]
[ 493.080903] ? pick_task_fair+0x24e/0x330
[ 493.080910] ? __pfx_amdgpu_job_timedout+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[ 493.081702] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xc0
[ 493.081708] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081712] drm_sched_job_timedout+0x1b0/0x4b0 [gpu_sched]
[ 493.081721] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081725] process_one_work+0x679/0xff0
[ 493.081732] worker_thread+0x6ce/0xfd0
[ 493.081736] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081739] kthread+0x376/0x730
[ 493.081744] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081748] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081751] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081755] ret_from_fork+0x247/0x330
[ 493.081761] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 493.081764] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 493.081771] </TASK>

(cherry picked from commit 20880a3fd5dd7bca1a079534cf6596bda92e107d)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.17 6.18.3

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.18.3-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-22.22 USN-8177-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +1 6.17.0-1012.12 USN-8183-2, USN-8183-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure +1 6.17.0-1013.13 USN-8245-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-oracle 6.17.0-1011.11 USN-8183-2
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1010.11 USN-8177-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-22.22.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 +1 6.17.0-1012.12~24.04.1 USN-8183-2, USN-8183-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1 USN-8245-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-22.22~24.04.1 USN-8183-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1018.18 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1020.20 USN-8245-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1011.11~24.04.1 USN-8183-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-22.22.1~24.04.1 —
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1010.11~24.04.1 USN-8177-2

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