CVE-2026-63885 (GCVE-0-2026-63885)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-19 14:54
Modified
2026-10-19 20:17
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/gem: fix race between change_handle and handle_delete
drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl leaves the old handle live in the IDR
during the window between spin_unlock(table_lock) and the final
spin_lock(table_lock). A concurrent drm_gem_handle_delete on the old
handle succeeds in this window, decrements handle_count to 0, and frees
the GEM object while the new handle's IDR entry still references it.
NULL the old handle's IDR entry before dropping table_lock so that any
concurrent GEM_CLOSE on the old handle sees NULL and returns -EINVAL.
Restore the old entry on the prime-bookkeeping error path.
References
Impacted products
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"metrics": [
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2026-63885",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "none"
},
{
"Automatable": "no"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2026-10-16T15:32:52.253073Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-362",
"description": "CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (\u0027Race Condition\u0027)",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T20:17:54.350Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "0dfa42cfe4dbe114533480503934f43e33c1e83d",
"status": "affected",
"version": "672464dd53231509c9c771110798c56d4660e19e",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "cde2c9257cbe8463b9dcf7b1075177b72b5fd938",
"status": "affected",
"version": "61bd96d3e5472c253f9c1ab77608f0c8aaa9d025",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "7164d78559b0ff29931a366a840a9e5dd53d4b7c",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5e28b7b94408897e41c63477aabc9e1db439bc8c",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "6.18.35",
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.18.32",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "7.0.12",
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.0.9",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
],
"cpeApplicability": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "6.18.35",
"versionStartIncluding": "6.18.32",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"versionEndExcluding": "7.0.12",
"versionStartIncluding": "7.0.9",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/gem: fix race between change_handle and handle_delete\n\ndrm_gem_change_handle_ioctl leaves the old handle live in the IDR\nduring the window between spin_unlock(table_lock) and the final\nspin_lock(table_lock). A concurrent drm_gem_handle_delete on the old\nhandle succeeds in this window, decrements handle_count to 0, and frees\nthe GEM object while the new handle\u0027s IDR entry still references it.\n\nNULL the old handle\u0027s IDR entry before dropping table_lock so that any\nconcurrent GEM_CLOSE on the old handle sees NULL and returns -EINVAL.\nRestore the old entry on the prime-bookkeeping error path."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"scenarios": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires local ioctl calls on /dev/dri/renderD* or /dev/dri/card* through DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CHANGE_HANDLE and DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE; there is no network-facing path to this code.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both racing threads from the same process (one issuing GEM_CHANGE_HANDLE, one issuing GEM_CLOSE on the old handle) and can repeat until the window is hit; this is a self-induced race, not one dependent on external timing.\nPR:L - Only DRM_RENDER_ALLOW is required, available to unprivileged local users with access to a render node (common on desktops, Android, browsers\u0027 GPU processes, and cloud GPU instances); no CAP_SYS_ADMIN or init-namespace root is needed.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required beyond the attacker already having render-node access; the race is triggered entirely by the attacker\u0027s own concurrent ioctl calls.\nS:C - Successful exploitation crosses from a sandboxed application security boundary (browser GPU process, Android app sandbox, or container with passed-through GPU device) into kernel memory, enabling privilege escalation beyond the attacker\u0027s original security scope.\nC:H - The bug is a GEM object use-after-free; freed kernel heap objects can be reallocated and dereferenced via subsequent GEM operations, enabling arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - Use-after-free of a drm_gem_object allows heap grooming and corruption of reallocated objects, providing a standard path to arbitrary kernel write and local privilege escalation/code execution.\nA:H - The race can free a GEM object still referenced by ioctl state, causing kernel oops/panic on dereference of freed memory; UAF bugs also carry inherent crash risk even before full exploitation."
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:36:54.290Z",
"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"shortName": "Linux"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dfa42cfe4dbe114533480503934f43e33c1e83d"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cde2c9257cbe8463b9dcf7b1075177b72b5fd938"
},
{
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7164d78559b0ff29931a366a840a9e5dd53d4b7c"
}
],
"title": "drm/gem: fix race between change_handle and handle_delete",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"cveId": "CVE-2026-63885",
"datePublished": "2026-07-19T14:54:58.590Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-07-19T07:54:57.018Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T20:17:54.350Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
Loading…
Loading…
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…