CVE-2024-44979: drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault

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: 2024-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault On driver reload we never free up the memory for the pagefault and access counter workqueues. Add those destroy calls here. (cherry picked from commit 7586fc52b14e0b8edd0d1f8a434e0de2078b7b2b)

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.8 before 6.10.7; 6.11-rc1, 6.11-rc2, 6.11-rc3, 6.11-rc4 — fixed in 6.10.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6f78359ac75f24cac3c1bdd753c49c1877bcd82
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09ef3b762a7fc641fb2f89afd3ebdb65b8ba1b9

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