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CVE-2026-98623: drm/nouveau/clk: fix list cursor use after loop in nvkm_clk_ustate_update

• 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: 2026-10-18 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau/clk: fix list cursor use after loop in nvkm_clk_ustate_update If list_for_each_entry() exits without hitting a break then "pstate" is not a valid pstate pointer. Introduce a "found" variable instead. The check is reachable from userspace: nvkm_clk_ustate_update() takes the pstate id straight from the 'pstate' debugfs file, so requesting an id that is not in clk->states - or any id at all when the perf tables are broken and the list is empty - makes the pstate->pstate != req test dereference the list head cast to a struct nvkm_pstate, which is an out-of-bounds read. [Francesco: rebased on drm-misc-next, expanded the commit message]

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 3.13 — fixed in 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d096a7f7d79207490858dde731b16da5337e90c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391517da7fd54ae40e4a7fe1cc696217343b0061
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492e9cfa12f35f7946ea1b78a19f1f9337d62248
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5315c7bacfe274ddfe649d9556e9a341ffa812da
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d550924961f61a491dd95359c63494fa8a23d9f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a867abcfa85ab487066c3d3008a1ba905da04113
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff09d9e37e02dc60bde79035ac15b136d602259
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5dd9f47b4df1be322f498d846e9a82940a7390

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