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TI-2026-73920 Aliases CVE-2026-98389GHSA-f67h-8737-2vhm

Premature power profile switch in Linux amdgpu driver

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

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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: 7 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The Linux kernel amdgpu driver from 6.15 is affected. During resume from a GPU reset, the graphics idle work can switch the power profile before the reset completes, so registers are accessed without holding the GPU reset semaphore. This triggers an assert error and a kernel call trace.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07

Description from the CNA

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: skip gfx switch_power_profile during GPU reset During resume from GPU reset, the gfx idle work may invoke switch_power_profile before the reset completes. This causes the following assert error because the register access occurs without first releasing the GPU reset semaphore: [ 1576.768935] CR2: 0000559ea133ead0 CR3: 00000002e6c42000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 1576.768940] Call Trace: [ 1576.768944] <TASK> [ 1576.768953] amdgpu_device_rreg+0x21/0x50 [amdgpu] [ 1576.769158] smu_msg_v1_send_msg+0x1a4/0x6e0 [amdgpu] [ 1576.769437] smu_cmn_send_smc_msg_with_params_ext+0xba/0x120 [amdgpu] [ 1576.769721] smu_cmn_send_smc_msg_with_param+0x33/0x40 [amdgpu] [ 1576.769993] smu_v13_0_0_set_power_profile_mode+0x192/0x2b0 [amdgpu] [ 1576.770267] smu_bump_power_profile_mode+0x5d/0x80 [amdgpu] [ 1576.770538] smu_switch_power_profile+0xa4/0xf0 [amdgpu] [ 1576.770839] amdgpu_dpm_switch_power_profile+0x6f/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 1576.771210] amdgpu_gfx_profile_idle_work_handler+0xe9/0x130 [amdgpu] [ 1576.771460] process_one_work+0x23e/0x6f0 [ 1576.771491] worker_thread+0x1c4/0x380 [ 1576.771506] kthread+0x10c/0x150 [ 1576.771512] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 1576.771518] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1576.771530] ret_from_fork+0x314/0x390 [ 1576.771537] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1576.771546] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 (cherry picked from commit d93b1ff538ce9750c01e0dd0aa62575579c0fc08)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00198 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3Red Hat: 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.15 and later6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.15 and later Fixed in 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Upgrade the Linux kernel to 6.18.53, 7.2.7, or 7.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has no fix planned, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9, and 10 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5 have no fix available.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98389
  2. 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-f67h-8737-2vhm
  3. 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-16 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  6. 2026-10-26 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0 · CNA
  7. 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

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  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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