{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-71099", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:30:19.650Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-13T15:34:58.359Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:12:04.137Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:12:04.137Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe/oa: Fix potential UAF in xe_oa_add_config_ioctl()\n\nIn xe_oa_add_config_ioctl(), we accessed oa_config->id after dropping\nmetrics_lock. Since this lock protects the lifetime of oa_config, an\nattacker could guess the id and call xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl() with\nperfect timing, freeing oa_config before we dereference it, leading to\na potential use-after-free.\n\nFix this by caching the id in a local variable while holding the lock.\n\nv2: (Matt A)\n- Dropped mutex_unlock(&oa->metrics_lock) ordering change from\n xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl()\n\n(cherry picked from commit 28aeaed130e8e587fd1b73b6d66ca41ccc5a1a31)" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is reached through DRM_XE_OBSERVATION add/remove ioctls on a local Xe DRM device node; no network or physical path exists.\nAC:L - The attacker controls concurrent add and remove operations, and IDs are predictable because the IDR starts at 1 and selects the lowest available value. The race can be attempted repeatedly without relying on victim-controlled state.\nPR:L - The supported observation_paranoid=0 configuration permits ordinary render-node clients without capabilities. Although the default requires initial-namespace CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN, the higher-severity reasonable deployment requires only an unprivileged local account with device access.\nUI:N - The attacker triggers both sides of the race directly through concurrent ioctls, without any victim action.\nS:U - Exploitation affects the host kernel within its existing security authority and does not inherently cross a VM, IOMMU, or separate authorization boundary.\nC:H - The stale oa_config can be dereferenced after RCU reclamation and attacker-directed slab reuse, potentially exposing kernel memory through the reclaimed ID or debug UUID accesses.\nI:H - The use-after-free permits attacker-influenced heap reuse and must be treated as potentially yielding memory-corruption primitives, arbitrary writes, or kernel code execution.\nA:H - Dereferencing reclaimed or poisoned slab memory can cause a kernel oops or panic, and the attacker can repeatedly trigger the race." } ] } ], "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_oa.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "cdf02fe1a94a768cbcd20f5c4e1a1d805f4a06c0", "lessThan": "c6d30b65b7a44dac52ad49513268adbf19eab4a2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "cdf02fe1a94a768cbcd20f5c4e1a1d805f4a06c0", "lessThan": "7cdb9a9da935c687563cc682155461fef5f9b48d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "cdf02fe1a94a768cbcd20f5c4e1a1d805f4a06c0", "lessThan": "dcb171931954c51a1a7250d558f02b8f36570783", "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_oa.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.11", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.11", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.64", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.4", "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": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.64" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d30b65b7a44dac52ad49513268adbf19eab4a2" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cdb9a9da935c687563cc682155461fef5f9b48d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb171931954c51a1a7250d558f02b8f36570783" } ], "title": "drm/xe/oa: Fix potential UAF in xe_oa_add_config_ioctl()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }