{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-68802", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-12-24T10:30:51.045Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-13T15:29:11.079Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:53:37.315Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:53:37.315Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe: Limit num_syncs to prevent oversized allocations\n\nThe exec and vm_bind ioctl allow userspace to specify an arbitrary\nnum_syncs value. Without bounds checking, a very large num_syncs\ncan force an excessively large allocation, leading to kernel warnings\nfrom the page allocator as below.\n\nIntroduce DRM_XE_MAX_SYNCS (set to 1024) and reject any request\nexceeding this limit.\n\n\"\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1217 at mm/page_alloc.c:5124 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2f8/0x2180 mm/page_alloc.c:5124\n...\nCall Trace:\n \n alloc_pages_mpol+0xe4/0x330 mm/mempolicy.c:2416\n ___kmalloc_large_node+0xd8/0x110 mm/slub.c:4317\n __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x18/0xe0 mm/slub.c:4348\n __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4364 [inline]\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x3d4/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:4388\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline]\n kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:948 [inline]\n xe_exec_ioctl+0xa47/0x1e70 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c:158\n drm_ioctl_kernel+0x1f1/0x3e0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:797\n drm_ioctl+0x5e7/0xc50 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:894\n xe_drm_ioctl+0x10b/0x170 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c:224\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:584 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:584\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x380 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n...\n\"\n\nv2: Add \"Reported-by\" and Cc stable kernels.\nv3: Change XE_MAX_SYNCS from 64 to 1024. (Matt & Ashutosh)\nv4: s/XE_MAX_SYNCS/DRM_XE_MAX_SYNCS/ (Matt)\nv5: Do the check at the top of the exec func. (Matt)\n\n(cherry picked from commit b07bac9bd708ec468cd1b8a5fe70ae2ac9b0a11c)" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c", "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c", "include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987", "lessThan": "e281d1fd6903a081ef023c341145ae92258e38d2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987", "lessThan": "1d200017f55f829b9e376093bd31dfbec92081de", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987", "lessThan": "8e461304009135270e9ccf2d7e2dfe29daec9b60", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c", "drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c", "include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.8", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.8", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.64", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.64" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e281d1fd6903a081ef023c341145ae92258e38d2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d200017f55f829b9e376093bd31dfbec92081de" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e461304009135270e9ccf2d7e2dfe29daec9b60" } ], "title": "drm/xe: Limit num_syncs to prevent oversized allocations", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }