CVE-2026-98436 (GCVE-0-2026-98436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 14:45
Modified
2026-10-26 06:55
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/amdxdna: Disable device buffer exporting
Device buffers are never intended to be exported. Disable exporting
support explicitly.
References
Impacted products
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"value": "AV:L - A local DRM_IOCTL_AMDXDNA_CREATE_BO reaches amdxdna_drm_create_bo_ioctl()\u2192amdxdna_drm_create_dev_bo(). PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD then reaches the site fixed by amdxdna_gem_dev_obj_export(); without that callback, drm_gem_prime_handle_to_dmabuf() exports the object, with no remote input.\nAC:L - The attacker maps a DEV_HEAP, creates and exports an AMDXDNA_BO_DEV, closes the accel fd to free its amdxdna_client, then closes the retained dma-buf fd. This deterministic sequence requires no race or condition outside the attacker\u0027s control.\nPR:L - AMDXDNA_CREATE_BO is registered with flags 0, while PRIME_HANDLE_TO_FD has DRM_RENDER_ALLOW but no DRM_ROOT_ONLY or DRM_AUTH; drm_ioctl_permit() imposes no capability check. Only ordinary access to /dev/accel/accelN is required.\nUI:N - The attacker personally creates, maps, exports, and closes the buffer descriptors; no victim must open a file, mount media, or perform another action.\nS:U - The dangling amdxdna_client and its dev_heap_mm are kernel-owned objects corrupted within the host kernel\u0027s security authority; this path does not itself escape a VM or bypass an IOMMU boundary.\nC:H - After amdxdna_client_cleanup() frees abo-\u003eclient, amdxdna_gem_heap_free() follows that stale pointer into dev_heap_mm and dev_heap_xa. Reclaiming the freed client allocation permits attacker-influenced pointer reads and the arbitrary-disclosure potential of a kernel UAF.\nI:H - amdxdna_gem_heap_free() locks the freed client-\u003emm_lock and drm_mm_remove_node() performs tree/list updates through the freed dev_heap_mm. Heap grooming can control reclaimed pointer state, turning these writes into memory corruption and potential control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - Closing the retained dma-buf invokes drm_gem_dmabuf_release()\u2192amdxdna_gem_dev_obj_free() and operates on the destroyed mutex and freed drm_mm state, which can immediately oops or panic the kernel."
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