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CVE-2025-68233: drm/tegra: Add call to put_pid()

• Severity: unknown
• 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: 2025-12-16 · updated 2026-10-14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tegra: Add call to put_pid() Add a call to put_pid() corresponding to get_task_pid(). host1x_memory_context_alloc() does not take ownership of the PID so we need to free it here to avoid leaking. [mperttunen@nvidia.com: reword commit message]

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 6.0 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ea5c2c75c3419a9a019240ca44b9256f628df1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e78580e6e7deac6556236ef96db5bbf7b46857e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b572e5154af08ee13f8d2673e86f83bc5ff86cd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cbab9f0da72b4dc3c3f9161197aa3b9daa1fa3a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbf2cbdb0733d7974dab296ffba0e7ae9b6524e5

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