Runtime PM reference leak in Linux kernel amdgpu debugfs handler
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
The Linux kernel amdgpu driver, from 5.10 before the fixed releases, leaks a runtime power management reference in amdgpu_debugfs_test_ib_show(). When acquiring the reset domain write lock is interrupted, the function returns without releasing that reference, which keeps the GPU awake.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix runtime PM leak in amdgpu_debugfs_test_ib_show() amdgpu_debugfs_test_ib_show() resumes the device with pm_runtime_get_sync() before taking the reset domain semaphore with down_write_killable(). If the write lock acquisition is interrupted, the function returns without calling pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(), leaking the runtime PM reference acquired for the device and keeping the GPU awake. Drop the runtime PM reference on the interrupted down_write_killable() error path before returning. (cherry picked from commit ec30a576c2d4c0364549e6c04218f50704ef56c8)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9 or 7.3, depending on the stable branch in use. Red Hat lists the plan as none available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10 and OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5, and no fix planned for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| 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 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98519
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-6qmp-28g8-3p6v
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@6d2ccd1b810654ec4d26ccda0482283ffe22dda2 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2ccd1b810654ec4d26ccda0482283ffe22dda2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878cfe9f2e2850cc1d998491776db3f7bc58e1dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc5606ac91642d0f184b83ab833148c457c3c331
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1a643942caae938ea84df2648a9b0c136e09be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e016347fb1829489e062ea51a98a51f48b1d582d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c28e74395ab09922bbf5be42bc5a6ed1ba4f3c37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2556dd3a36beb3a11041ef01b5e9762e2157909f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b86ab1bd6673c525adda88819d7658ba9e784ec
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98519 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98519 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qmp-28g8-3p6v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98519 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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