7.8

CVE-2026-43237

drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4

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

drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4

This commit simplifies the amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl function, key updates
include:
 - Moved the logic for managing the last update fence directly into
   amdgpu_gem_va_update_vm.
 - Introduced checks for the timeline point to enable conditional
   replacement or addition of fences.

v2: Addressed review comments from Christian.
v3: Updated comments (Christian).
v4: The previous version selected the fence too early and did not manage its
    reference correctly, which could lead to stale or freed fences being used.
    This resulted in refcount underflows and could crash when updating GPU
    timelines.
    The fence is now chosen only after the VA mapping work is completed, and its
    reference is taken safely. After exporting it to the VM timeline syncobj, the
    driver always drops its local fence reference, ensuring balanced refcounting
    and avoiding use-after-free on dma_fence.

	Crash signature:
	[  205.828135] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
	[  205.832963] WARNING: CPU: 30 PID: 7274 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xbe/0x110
	...
	[  206.074014] Call Trace:
	[  206.076488]  <TASK>
	[  206.078608]  amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x6ea/0x740 [amdgpu]
	[  206.084040]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
	[  206.089994]  drm_ioctl_kernel+0x86/0xe0 [drm]
	[  206.094415]  drm_ioctl+0x26e/0x520 [drm]
	[  206.098424]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
	[  206.104402]  amdgpu_drm_ioctl+0x4b/0x80 [amdgpu]
	[  206.109387]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x96/0xe0
	[  206.113156]  do_syscall_64+0x66/0x2d0
	...
	[  206.553351] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc0dfde90
	...
	[  206.553378] RIP: 0010:dma_fence_signal_timestamp_locked+0x39/0xe0
	...
	[  206.553405] Call Trace:
	[  206.553409]  <IRQ>
	[  206.553415]  ? __pfx_drm_sched_fence_free_rcu+0x10/0x10 [gpu_sched]
	[  206.553424]  dma_fence_signal+0x30/0x60
	[  206.553427]  drm_sched_job_done.isra.0+0x123/0x150 [gpu_sched]
	[  206.553434]  dma_fence_signal_timestamp_locked+0x6e/0xe0
	[  206.553437]  dma_fence_signal+0x30/0x60
	[  206.553441]  amdgpu_fence_process+0xd8/0x150 [amdgpu]
	[  206.553854]  sdma_v4_0_process_trap_irq+0x97/0xb0 [amdgpu]
	[  206.554353]  edac_mce_amd(E) ee1004(E)
	[  206.554270]  amdgpu_irq_dispatch+0x150/0x230 [amdgpu]
	[  206.554702]  amdgpu_ih_process+0x6a/0x180 [amdgpu]
	[  206.555101]  amdgpu_irq_handler+0x23/0x60 [amdgpu]
	[  206.555500]  __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x4a/0x1c0
	[  206.555506]  handle_irq_event+0x38/0x80
	[  206.555509]  handle_edge_irq+0x92/0x1e0
	[  206.555513]  __common_interrupt+0x3e/0xb0
	[  206.555519]  common_interrupt+0x80/0xa0
	[  206.555525]  </IRQ>
	[  206.555527]  <TASK>
	...
	[  206.555650] RIP: 0010:dma_fence_signal_timestamp_locked+0x39/0xe0
	...
	[  206.555667] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.16 < 6.18.16
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.6
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.022
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.