CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-89823
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm: fix race between partial drm_dev_register() failure and ioctl
If drm_dev_register() fails after registering a minor (e.g. render minor
registered, primary minor fails), userspace could have opened the first
minor and entered a drm_dev_enter() critical section. Since the
unplugged flag was never set, the ioctl proceeds while the error path
tears down device resources.
Fix this by introducing drm_dev_synchronize_unplug(), which sets the
unplugged flag and waits for the SRCU barrier, ensuring all in-flight
drm_dev_enter() critical sections complete before cleanup proceeds; call
it on the error path of drm_dev_register().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19dbfe4d586aecfed121cb3fa62281761d9d341f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d28d15c0f7f7d4a1c229f8730314f0f8758810 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d9162213952927cd59c0d94b7e0e992b347bec git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d1215a72159d00001e08dee162e27718934bee9 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6729990df9e70623bf53f855b521ae71ca9cb278 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d09cfe90304ff4f195e47d569800f5e0f8b854 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0a7e2e177f2f18b9e7318a4c64ac44efd9ef22c git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb197f7d60f00d0f5b1b3505dfc86a7e36045a3e git.kernel.org