CVE-2026-98510

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vm: nuke PTs only after unlinking contested VMAs In xe_vm_close_and_put(), external-BO VMAs are queued on the contested list for deferred destruction via xe_vma_destroy_unlocked(). However, xe_vm_pt_destroy() was previously invoked before processing contested VMAs, destroying vm->pt_root while those VMAs were still linked to their respective buffer objects (vm_bo->list.gpuva). If a concurrent thread evicts one of those shared buffer objects, xe_bo_trigger_rebind() holding only bo->resv walks the BO's VMAs and, in fault mode, calls xe_vm_invalidate_vma() -> xe_pt_zap_ptes(). Because vm->pt_root[tile->id] is already NULL, dereferencing pt->level causes a NULL ptr deref. Fix this by deferring xe_vm_free_scratch() and xe_vm_pt_destroy() until after all contested VMAs have been unlinked and destroyed. User is reporting hitting a NULL ptr deref in xe_pt_zap_ptes(), which could be explained by this race. (cherry picked from commit c2863648959489767f08892fd6e90577d2ea0b6a)

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedOct 18, 2026
First seenOct 18, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux70fddc065ac80845ffd33095b3635d59883cf7e6, ba678c2b02e0d36b53deb5a6d5e5ea044d36def7, bddaa5e4094c134452c29e20a26c4718827e4cb1, 24a22fb3c731474b68e986af6804db450fb88617 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxb06d47be7c83165d3b3e45e1d5f9520b79c7f5cc ≤ v < 70fddc065ac80845ffd33095b3635d59883cf7e6, b06d47be7c83165d3b3e45e1d5f9520b79c7f5cc ≤ v < ba678c2b02e0d36b53deb5a6d5e5ea044d36def7, b06d47be7c83165d3b3e45e1d5f9520b79c7f5cc ≤ v < bddaa5e4094c134452c29e20a26c4718827e4cb1, b06d47be7c83165d3b3e45e1d5f9520b79c7f5cc ≤ v < 24a22fb3c731474b68e986af6804db450fb88617, 6.870fddc065ac80845ffd33095b3635d59883cf7e6, ba678c2b02e0d36b53deb5a6d5e5ea044d36def7, bddaa5e4094c134452c29e20a26c4718827e4cb1, 24a22fb3c731474b68e986af6804db450fb88617

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