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CVE-2024-26986: drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure

• 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/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure Fix memory leak due to a leaked mmget reference on an error handling code path that is triggered when attempting to create KFD processes while a GPU reset is in progress.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
• Linux kernel: from 6.5 before 6.6.29; from 6.7 before 6.8.8; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4 — fixed in 6.6.29, 6.8.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.29, 6.8.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcd876411644da98a6b4d5a18d32ca94c15bdb5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18921b205012568b45760753ad3146ddb9e2d4e2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa02d43367a9adf8c85fb382fea4171fb266c8d0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcd876411644da98a6b4d5a18d32ca94c15bdb5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18921b205012568b45760753ad3146ddb9e2d4e2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa02d43367a9adf8c85fb382fea4171fb266c8d0
• 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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