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CVE-2024-26985: drm/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init

• 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: 2024-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init Add a unreference bo in the error path, to prevent leaking a bo ref. Return 0 on success to clarify the success path. (cherry picked from commit a2f3d731be3893e730417ae3190760fcaffdf549)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.8 before 6.8.8; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4 — fixed in 6.8.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.8.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652ead9b746a63e4e79d7ad66d3edf0a8a5b0c2f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8ac0942c312abda43b407eff72d31747a7b472
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652ead9b746a63e4e79d7ad66d3edf0a8a5b0c2f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8ac0942c312abda43b407eff72d31747a7b472
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/

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