Bug 2555062 (CVE-2026-98779)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98779 kernel: drm/amdgpu: fix ACP MFD device leak on init failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	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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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU (amdgpu) driver. During Audio CoProcessor (ACP) hardware initialization, child multi-function devices are not properly released if a power domain attachment fails or a hardware reset times out. This issue causes an internal resource leak, which may lead to system instability or a Denial of Service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:52:17 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu: fix ACP MFD device leak on init failure

acp_hw_init() registers ACP child devices with mfd_add_devices() before
attaching them to the ACP power domain and initializing the hardware.

If attaching a child to the power domain fails, or if the ACP reset or
clock enable operation times out, the failure path frees only the
source cell, resource, and platform-data allocations. The child
platform devices already registered by mfd_add_devices() remain
registered and are never released.

Remove the children from the power domain and unregister the MFD
devices on failures that occur after mfd_add_devices() succeeds. Keep
mfd_add_devices() failures on the existing cleanup path since the MFD
core already rolls back partially registered children itself.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.

(cherry picked from commit 63da68d6a2279ec945581c990c5a59a5ae8b5560)

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-10-23 08:19:00 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98779.mbox