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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-89823

drm: fix race between partial drm_dev_register() failure and ioctl

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().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 26d9162213952927cd59c0d94b7e0e992b347becaffected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 24d28d15c0f7f7d4a1c229f8730314f0f8758810affected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 6729990df9e70623bf53f855b521ae71ca9cb278affected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < a0a7e2e177f2f18b9e7318a4c64ac44efd9ef22caffected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 19dbfe4d586aecfed121cb3fa62281761d9d341faffected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 79d09cfe90304ff4f195e47d569800f5e0f8b854affected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < 2d1215a72159d00001e08dee162e27718934bee9affected
  • bee330f3d67273a68dcb99f59480d59553c008b2 to < eb197f7d60f00d0f5b1b3505dfc86a7e36045a3eaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.18affected
  • 0 to < 4.18unaffected
  • 5.10.270 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.221 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.188 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.157 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.110 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.51 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.5 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References