CVE-2025-21939 Details
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/hmm: Don't dereference struct page pointers without notifier lock The pnfs that we obtain from hmm_range_fault() point to pages that we don't have a reference on, and the guarantee that they are still in the cpu page-tables is that the notifier lock must be held and the notifier seqno is still valid. So while building the sg table and marking the pages accesses / dirty we need to hold this lock with a validated seqno. However, the lock is reclaim tainted which makes sg_alloc_table_from_pages_segment() unusable, since it internally allocates memory. Instead build the sg-table manually. For the non-iommu case this might lead to fewer coalesces, but if that's a problem it can be fixed up later in the resource cursor code. For the iommu case, the whole sg-table may still be coalesced to a single contigous device va region. This avoids marking pages that we don't own dirty and accessed, and it also avoid dereferencing struct pages that we don't own. v2: - Use assert to check whether hmm pfns are valid (Matthew Auld) - Take into account that large pages may cross range boundaries (Matthew Auld) v3: - Don't unnecessarily check for a non-freed sg-table. (Matthew Auld) - Add a missing up_read() in an error path. (Matthew Auld) (cherry picked from commit ea3e66d280ce2576664a862693d1da8fd324c317)
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DRM/XE/HMM component involves improper handling of struct page pointers. The issue arises because the page numbers obtained from 'hmm_range_fault()' do not have a valid reference, risking dereferencing pages not owned by the kernel. This vulnerability affects the management of scatter-gather (SG) tables, particularly in non-IOMMU cases, where it could lead to inefficient memory coalescing. The flaw has been addressed by manually constructing the SG table to avoid incorrectly marking pages as dirty and accessed, and to prevent unsafe dereferencing of struct pages.
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| URL | Source(s) | Tag(s) |
|---|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a98219bcc961edd3388960576e4353e123b4a51 | kernel.org | Patch |
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a24c98f0e4cc994334598d4f3a851972064809d | kernel.org | Patch |
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9326f529da7298a95643c3267f1c0fdb0db55eb | kernel.org | Patch |
Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-476 | NULL Pointer Dereference | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| linux linux kernel | >= 6.10, < 6.12.19 >= 6.13, < 6.13.7 6.14 rc1 6.14 rc2 6.14 rc3 6.14 rc4 6.14 rc5 |
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Change History
4 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | CVE Modified | kernel.org |
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | kernel.org |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |
| Apr 1, 2025 | New CVE Received | kernel.org |