CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-52976

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

Two bugs were found in the drm/xe graphics driver's xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl() function. The first leaves a dangling pointer when xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() fails. The second fails to remove the queue from the engine group after xa_alloc() failure, causing a use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

These bugs can lead to kernel memory corruption, potentially allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges or cause system crashes.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes the error paths in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(). Update your system to a kernel version that includes this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix error cleanup in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl() Two error handling issues exist in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(): 1. When xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() fails, the error path jumps to put_exec_queue which skips xe_exec_queue_kill(). If the VM is in preempt fence mode, xe_vm_add_compute_exec_queue() has already added the queue to the VM's compute exec queue list. Skipping the kill leaves the queue on that list, leading to a dangling pointer after the queue is freed. 2. When xa_alloc() fails after xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() has succeeded, the error path does not call xe_hw_engine_group_del_exec_queue() to remove the queue from the hw engine group list. The queue is then freed while still linked into the hw engine group, causing a use-after-free. Fix both by: - Changing the xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() failure path to jump to kill_exec_queue so that xe_exec_queue_kill() properly removes the queue from the VM's compute list. - Adding a del_hw_engine_group label before kill_exec_queue for the xa_alloc() failure path, which removes the queue from the hw engine group before proceeding with the rest of the cleanup. (cherry picked from commit 37c831f401746a45d510b312b0ed7a77b1e06ec8)

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