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CVE-2024-26719: nouveau: offload fence uevents work to workqueue

• 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: 2024-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-667

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau: offload fence uevents work to workqueue This should break the deadlock between the fctx lock and the irq lock. This offloads the processing off the work from the irq into a workqueue.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6.18; from 6.7 before 6.7.6; 6.8-rc1, 6.8-rc2 — fixed in 6.6.18, 6.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.18, 6.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39126abc5e20611579602f03b66627d7cd1422f0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985d053f7633d8b539ab1531738d538efac678a9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0037fa592d56e4abb9c7d1c52c4d2dc25cd906
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39126abc5e20611579602f03b66627d7cd1422f0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985d053f7633d8b539ab1531738d538efac678a9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0037fa592d56e4abb9c7d1c52c4d2dc25cd906

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