CVE-2024-50149: drm/xe: Don't free job in TDR

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: 2024-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Don't free job in TDR Freeing job in TDR is not safe as TDR can pass the run_job thread resulting in UAF. It is only safe for free job to naturally be called by the scheduler. Rather free job in TDR, add to pending list. (cherry picked from commit ea2f6a77d0c40d97f4a4dc93fee4afe15d94926d)

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.10 before 6.11.6; 6.12-rc1, 6.12-rc2, 6.12-rc3 — fixed in 6.11.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82926f52d7a09c65d916c0ef8d4305fc95d68c0c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be8fe75e57f8fa3f87e3b1c283cc7cd9f9b80867

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