Use-after-free in Linux kernel drm/vc4 driver on V3D unbind
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
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Linux kernel drm/vc4 graphics driver is affected from version 4.5 until the fixed releases listed in the solution. When the V3D device is unbound, the driver leaves its hangcheck timer and job_done_work running, so they can still touch V3D registers through a NULL pointer and run on driver data after it has been freed.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: drain the hangcheck timer and works on V3D unbind Nothing stops the hangcheck timer that submitted jobs arm, or the job_done_work that the render-done interrupt queues, at teardown: vc4_irq_disable() cancels only overflow_mem_work, and vc4_gem_destroy() runs from the drm-managed release, after vc4_v3d_unbind() has already uninstalled the V3D interrupt and cleared vc4->v3d. A timer still armed by then reads V3D registers through the NULL vc4->v3d pointer, and the late callbacks run on the vc4_dev embedding them after it has been freed. Drain them in vc4_v3d_unbind(): shut the timer down and cancel reset_work before the interrupt is taken down, because its vc4_irq_reset() re-enables it, then flush job_done_work so that completions queued at teardown still release their jobs. This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Fixed releases are 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11 and 7.3. Upstream fixes are also available as individual Linux kernel commits in the affected version ranges.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99095
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-v4rc-4368-fvrr
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@839eebfc95f8530feaa99677274912ac09b5820b +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/839eebfc95f8530feaa99677274912ac09b5820b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e7c7789aef551eea85de2f63989753c4fe9df6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17c5fa371de2d5508755cd4cd227cc8e2bb99240
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a046cd60ff3f4a8c8e672b3b18902682c1f91731
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e61465d3e0292daebf4dbb34e0add635e2439569
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ade226dfd28cf2fd1dce143c556d1ee77d953696
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94cf5971b1d04c6382437387c4dc3836cc7a1437
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99095 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99095 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v4rc-4368-fvrr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99095 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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