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CVE-2023-53009: drm/amdkfd: Add sync after creating vram bo

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-27 · updated 2026-10-15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Add sync after creating vram bo There will be data corruption on vram allocated by svm if the initialization is not complete and application is writting on the memory. Adding sync to wait for the initialization completion is to resolve this issue.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.14 before 6.1.9; 6.2-rc1, 6.2-rc2, 6.2-rc3 — fixed in 6.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92af2d3b57a1afdfdcafb1c6a07ffd89cf3e98fb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba029e9991d9be90a28b6a0ceb25e9a6fb348829

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