Bug 2554864 (CVE-2026-98511)

Summary: CVE-2026-98511 kernel: drm/nouveau: don't bump pin count on failed re-pin in nouveau_bo_pin_locked()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Nouveau GPU driver. When attempting to re-pin a memory buffer into an incompatible memory domain, the driver rejects the request but fails to prevent an increment of the buffer's pin count. Because callers do not unpin after an error, this causes an unbalanced pin counter that local users can trigger, resulting in kernel warnings and potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:23:57 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/nouveau: don't bump pin count on failed re-pin in nouveau_bo_pin_locked()

nouveau_bo_pin_locked() checks whether an already pinned BO is in a
memory domain compatible with a new pin request. When the domains are
incompatible, it sets -EBUSY but still calls ttm_bo_pin() before
returning.

Callers treat a failed nouveau_bo_pin() as not having acquired a new pin,
so the extra pin count is never decreased by a matching unpin.
This triggers the warning in ttm_bo_release():

	WARN_ON_ONCE(bo->pin_count);

Found when fuzzing the nouveau driver with a modified Syzkaller:

	WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c:256 at ttm_bo_release+0x827/0x9e0 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c:256, CPU#1: syz.3.24/2212
	Modules linked in:
	CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2212 Comm: syz.3.24 Not tainted 7.2.0 #24 PREEMPT(lazy)
	nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gsp:msg fn:103 len:0x40/0x20 res:0x19 resp:0x19
	Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
	RIP: 0010:ttm_bo_release+0x827/0x9e0 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c:256
	Code: 02 00 0f 85 51 01 00 00 48 8b 7b 08 e8 d2 20 01 00 e9 80 fd ff ff e8 d8 15 c0 fe 90 0f 0b 90 e9 e1 f8 ff ff e8 ca 15 c0 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 a4 f8 ff ff e8 bc 15 c0 fe be 03 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8
	msg: 00000000: 05 00 d0 c1 04 00 f0 f1 01 30 00 00 2d 90 00 00  .........0..-...
	RSP: 0018:ffffc9000f5cf710 EFLAGS: 00010293
	RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888018e5d2a8 RCX: ffffffff82bb1b36
	RDX: ffff888017b68000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff888018e5d2a8
	msg: 00000010: 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
	RBP: ffff88801261c720 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10031cba55
	R10: ffff888018e5d2ab R11: 00000000000000f3 R12: ffff888018e5d290
	R13: ffff888018e5d2d4 R14: ffff88801b219c18 R15: dffffc0000000000
	FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880e0f6f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
	CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
	CR2: 0000001b31223ffc CR3: 0000000028e00005 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
	PKRU: 80000000
	Call Trace:
	<TASK>
	kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
	ttm_bo_put drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c:325 [inline]
	ttm_bo_fini+0x55/0x80 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c:330
	nouveau_gem_object_del+0xb2/0x1b0 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c:90
	drm_gem_object_free+0x5f/0x90 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:1165
	kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
	__drm_gem_object_put include/drm/drm_gem.h:562 [inline]
	drm_gem_object_put include/drm/drm_gem.h:575 [inline]
	nouveau_abi16_chan_fini.constprop.0+0x44f/0x5a0 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c:195
	nouveau 0000:01:00.0: syz.2.23[2209]: Unknown handle 0x00000000
	nouveau_abi16_fini+0x1d0/0x340 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c:225
	nouveau_drm_postclose+0x18b/0x3e0 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c:1284
	nouveau 0000:01:00.0: syz.2.23[2209]: validate_init
	drm_file_free.part.0+0x6d6/0xb60 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:267
	drm_file_free drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:237 [inline]
	drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x11a/0x160 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:290
	drm_release+0x1ab/0x330 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c:438
	__fput+0x39c/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:512
	nouveau 0000:01:00.0: syz.2.23[2209]: validate: -2
	task_work_run+0x15a/0x230 kernel/task_work.c:233
	exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]
	do_exit+0x82b/0x25a0 kernel/exit.c:1009
	do_group_exit+0xc2/0x280 kernel/exit.c:1152
	get_signal+0x1d6e/0x1f30 kernel/signal.c:3046
	arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x7d/0x6e0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
	__exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:66 [inline]
	exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xdf/0x440 kernel/entry/common.c:101
	__exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
	syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
	syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
	do_syscall_64+0x4f8/0x690 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
	entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
	RI
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