drm: Fix drm_crtc_commit leak if signaled when PAGE_FLIP_EVENT is used
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Fix drm_crtc_commit leak if signaled when PAGE_FLIP_EVENT is used Commit 1c6ceeee6ebb ("drm/atomic: Fix memleak on ERESTARTSYS during non-blocking commits") fixed a very similar issue when the event was allocated by drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit() itself. However, if the event is allocated in prepare_signaling(), it will also be set to NULL in complete_signaling(), which prevents drm_crtc_commit from being put in __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_destroy_state(). Dropping the reference when the event is set to NULL at complete_signaling() fixes the leak. The leak can be reproduced by sending a signal to the thread using DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT and using a sw_sync fence to cause the atomic ioctl to block at drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences(). It happened both with amdgpu and vkms.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.10, 4.11
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| 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 yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89816
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6f96-mhg4-cfw6
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5517b71101f61a45144e3cf77a19626355272de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/866a04137dac7e82a3848851061ff7ed15c2847e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a6a7aae4681a20cd32789fea9a487aaafa0e7a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f27b5ed9084feb7bae9ef2bc80de37c92280b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff73f5f43d032c3da3c534c517f661e8dfeb358a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b1b309886337745d395bbc158440ab196305ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6195b941fdc8d81fc431c9f25539cf6c6234b51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d4be202165e832d74849b4a68e289a2a377039c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6f96-mhg4-cfw6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89816 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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