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CVE-2026-98999

drm/xe: Fix stale pinned_link entry when fb-pin performs the final unpin

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-24
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received
CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by Linux (not yet scored by NVD)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
—
Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
7.8
HIGH
Scored by CNA (Linux) · v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 11.8%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
—
Not listed

Attack conditions and impact

Derived from the CNA (via NVD) CVSS 3.1 vector
LocalLoginNo interaction Confidentiality HIntegrity HAvailability H
MetricValueMeaning
Attack vector AVLLocal
Attack complexity ACLLow (easy)
Privileges required PRLRegular user
User interaction UINNone
Scope SUUnchanged
Confidentiality CHHigh
Integrity IHHigh
Availability AHHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix stale pinned_link entry when fb-pin performs the final unpin xe_bo_pin_external() and xe_bo_unpin_external() maintain the bo's pinned_link list membership in xe->pinned.late.external, based on whether the current call is the outermost pin or the final unpin. However, the same external bo's pin_count can also be raised and lowered directly by __xe_pin_fb_vma()/__xe_unpin_fb_vma(), which pin the bo as a display scanout buffer without going through xe_bo_pin_external()/xe_bo_unpin_external() at all, and have no notion of, or ownership over, pinned_link. If a bo is pinned both externally (e.g. dma-buf export) and as an fb, and the external unpin happens first, xe_bo_unpin_external() correctly observes pin_count > 1 and leaves the bo on pinned_link. When the fb unpin later performs the true last unpin (pin_count 1 -> 0), it never touches pinned_link, leaving the bo linked on xe->pinned.late.external indefinitely. Once the bo is subsequently freed, this stale list entry points into freed memory, corrupting the list and risking a use-after-free the next time the list is walked or spliced. The backup object pin/unpin sites in xe_bo_notifier_prepare_pinned()/ xe_bo_notifier_unprepare_pinned() have the same bypass characteristic, though they never add their bo to a pinned list, so are not affected by this particular list-corruption issue. Move the pinned_link removal into xe_bo_account_unpin(), which already runs on every unpin path (kernel, external, framebuffer, backup object) right before the true 1 -> 0 pin_count transition. Since list_del_init() only operates on the node itself, this removal is list-agnostic and safe to perform regardless of which list (external or kernel_bo_present) the bo happens to be linked on, or which code path is performing the final unpin. Drop the now-redundant explicit list_del_init() calls in xe_bo_unpin_external() and xe_bo_unpin(). v2: - New patch v3: - Rebased on changes to previous patch. (cherry picked from commit ca58d36a1f93af586ee93b340c9f9fd81312cc01)

CVSS assessments

ProviderVersionScoreVector
NVD / 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)3.17.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA / Linux3.17.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products and packages

CNA (CVE.org)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < 3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684
affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63
affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
affected: 6.8
unaffected: 0 … < 6.8
unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.*
unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.*
unaffected: 7.3 … <= *
default: affected

Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)

drm/xe: Fix stale pinned_link entry when fb-pin performs the final unpin

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7, < 3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684; < b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63; < cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684, b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63, cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e
LinuxKernel>= 6.8.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.116.18.57, 7.2.11

Linux distribution status

Red Hat ↗

No record

Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxnot-affected unimportant
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxopen not yet assigned

Ubuntu ↗

No record

References (6)