drm/amdgpu: invoke pm_genpd_remove() before freeing genpd
Priority LOW 35CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: invoke pm_genpd_remove() before freeing genpd Call pm_genpd_remove() to unregister from global list prior to releasing acp_genpd memory, and clear the pointer after free. (cherry picked from commit cd8650d7a91ee8b768e202354672553faa5cc1f2)
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0013 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183 +5Red Hat: 7 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68104
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mjh-222w-43qx
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d7c10b0bf09d90c81818752decbdb1966b62702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493adf29d66f23888f0e29888b6bc9512acd0825
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e406b86144c1f732eb344f1f1e09043856cfc33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdfc7f1e0900ef1361b828c4f69b72701f8a0a86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0a82283271759fff445ac27182072f200a888c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08fee493e0261f9e4120a5c8e7e42e8a723574e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/930a5dc3df4aa5e10393134bd5313d616dbebaf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c9b3c5dc35cc790d11e26ca3fc6e068be63998
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68104 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68104 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mjh-222w-43qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68104 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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