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CVE-2026-23470: drm/imagination: Fix deadlock in soft reset sequence

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-03 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-667

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: Fix deadlock in soft reset sequence The soft reset sequence is currently executed from the threaded IRQ handler, hence it cannot call disable_irq() which internally waits for IRQ handlers, i.e. itself, to complete. Use disable_irq_nosync() during a soft reset instead.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.8 before 6.12.78; from 6.13 before 6.18.20; from 6.19 before 6.19.10; 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0-rc3, 7.0-rc4 — fixed in 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f39b48a2d3b1fe83f99477250cd0cd67ca1e1c6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9497b1f309436971726e229aa6026954ea7c28e9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a55c2a5c8d680156495b7b1e2a9f5a3e313ba524
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f99e8b813ae5ce8ffd62c33f5753bf0a008af4b1

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