CVE-2026-98999
drm/xe: Fix stale pinned_link entry when fb-pin performs the final unpin
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack conditions and impact
Derived from the CNA (via NVD) CVSS 3.1 vector| Metric | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector AV | L | Local |
| Attack complexity AC | L | Low (easy) |
| Privileges required PR | L | Regular user |
| User interaction UI | N | None |
| Scope S | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality C | H | High |
| Integrity I | H | High |
| Availability A | H | High |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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
| Provider | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD / 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) | 3.1 | 7.8 HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA / Linux | 3.1 | 7.8 HIGH | CVSS: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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < 3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684 affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63 affected: 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7 … < cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e default: unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| >= 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7, < 3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684; < b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63; < cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e | 3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684, b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63, cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e | ||
| Linux | Kernel | >= 6.8.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.11 | 6.18.57, 7.2.11 |
Linux distribution status
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a11adcfd9a2de74d405bd3e8c4d7a1b328e4684 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3eaff982839e5c22912d604cd8e7748cece8d63 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf238c067eaae1cbfb00738e29219b9568d2313e NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98999.json OSV
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98999 OSV