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CVE-2026-98898: drm/amd/pm/si: Don't schedule thermal work when queue isn't initialized

• 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: 2026-10-23 · updated 2026-10-26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/pm/si: Don't schedule thermal work when queue isn't initialized When DPM is turned off with the amdgpu.dpm=0 module parameter, the thermal work queue isn't initialized so we shouldn't schedule any work on it. (cherry picked from commit bd018d36171a695952c6d391471c279c9e05c8b2)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.271; before 5.15.222; before 6.1.189; before 6.6.158; before 6.12.111; before 6.18.53 — fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 6.6.158

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.12.111. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2750f52b58d92ca52a5496c00db8abf925103a27
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c08ae91df3cf11d517dc1273195f7b1df2a0ddb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52c4c623474df0e19efa158057966f2a149bda28
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7987c5abdf537663b0957de521edefe77ae12842
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c9e7265b3379eb2ce1758b73c4ffa2606ae2256
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0250da54afb519fab98478e2e1d9e51d4737fd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8922d5a946699fc2bdc7660e6778bd6726bf8b8

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