CVE-2026-46229: drm/amdkfd: Clear VRAM on allocation to prevent stale data exposure

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: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Clear VRAM on allocation to prevent stale data exposure KFD VRAM allocations set AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_WIPE_ON_RELEASE but not AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CLEARED, leaving freshly allocated VRAM with stale data from prior use observable by compute kernels. The GEM ioctl path already sets VRAM_CLEARED for all userspace allocations via amdgpu_gem_create_ioctl() and amdgpu_mode_dumb_create(). The KFD path was missing this flag, allowing stale page table remnants to leak into user buffers. This causes crashes in RCCL P2P transport where non-zero data in ptrExchange/head/tail fields corrupts the protocol handshake.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.4 before 6.6.140; from 6.7 before 6.12.90; from 6.13 before 6.18.32; from 6.19 before 7.0.9 — fixed in 6.6.140, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 7.0.9
Linux: 5.4 — fixed in 7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.140, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 7.0.9; Linux 7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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