Bug 2517062 (CVE-2026-74450)

Summary: CVE-2026-74450 kernel: drm/amd/pm: fix pptable use-after-free
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU power management component. This vulnerability, known as a use-after-free, occurs when the system attempts to access memory that has already been released. A local attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to cause a system crash (denial of service) or, in more severe scenarios, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 12:47:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/pm: fix pptable use-after-free

amdgpu_dpm_get_pp_table() returns a pointer to a driver-owned power table
after dropping adev->pm.mutex. The sysfs path then copies from that pointer.
A concurrent pp_table write can replace and free the allocation during the
copy, causing a use-after-free.

Change the DPM interface to copy into caller-provided storage while the mutex
is held. Keep the size-only query for attribute discovery without exposing
the driver-owned pointer.

(cherry picked from commit f6eed7acfd30099ef7baeb6ba45bb59daad80631)

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-19 16:35:36 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081530-CVE-2026-74450-c478@gregkh/T