CVE-2025-68189
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the DRM driver for MSM (Qualcomm) chipsets has been fixed, which caused a warning (splat) when freeing imported DMA buffers (dma-buf). The issue occurred when msm_gem_free_object incorrectly handled the _NO_SHARE case for objects with an external reservation (resv).
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability may lead to system instability, kernel warnings, and potential crashes during video playback or other graphics operations using imported DMA buffers.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the patch (commit drm/msm: Fix GEM free for imported dma-bufs) or apply an appropriate backport for your distribution.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix GEM free for imported dma-bufs Imported dma-bufs also have obj->resv != &obj->_resv. So we should check both this condition in addition to flags for handling the _NO_SHARE case. Fixes this splat that was reported with IRIS video playback: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2040 at drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c:1127 msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm] CPU: 3 UID: 1000 PID: 2040 Comm: .gnome-shell-wr Not tainted 6.17.0-rc7 #1 PREEMPT pstate: 81400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm] lr : msm_gem_free_object+0x138/0x264 [msm] sp : ffff800092a1bb30 x29: ffff800092a1bb80 x28: ffff800092a1bce8 x27: ffffbc702dbdbe08 x26: 0000000000000008 x25: 0000000000000009 x24: 00000000000000a6 x23: ffff00083c72f850 x22: ffff00083c72f868 x21: ffff00087e69f200 x20: ffff00087e69f330 x19: ffff00084d157ae0 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffbc704bd46b80 x15: 0000ffffd0959540 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: ffffbc702e6cdb48 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 000000000000003f x8 : ffff800092a1ba90 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000020 x5 : ffffbc704bd46c40 x4 : fffffdffe102cf60 x3 : 0000000000400032 x2 : 0000000000020000 x1 : ffff00087e6978e8 x0 : ffff00087e6977e8 Call trace: msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm] (P) drm_gem_object_free+0x1c/0x30 [drm] drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked+0x138/0x150 [drm] drm_gem_object_release_handle+0x5c/0xcc [drm] drm_gem_handle_delete+0x68/0xbc [drm] drm_gem_close_ioctl+0x34/0x40 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc0/0x130 [drm] drm_ioctl+0x360/0x4e0 [drm] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0x104 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x34/0xec el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/676273/

