Bug 2535137 (CVE-2026-89809) - CVE-2026-89809 kernel: drm/amdkfd: fix scope of mqd_mgr dereference in pqm_debugfs_mqds
Summary: CVE-2026-89809 kernel: drm/amdkfd: fix scope of mqd_mgr dereference in pqm_de...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89809
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 10:56 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 13:08 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 10:56:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdkfd: fix scope of mqd_mgr dereference in pqm_debugfs_mqds

Reading /sys/kernel/debug/kfd/mqds while a process holds an active KFD
queue triggers a NULL pointer dereference because the for loop that
calls mqd_mgr->debugfs_show_mqd() is incorrectly placed outside the
if (pqn->q) block that initializes mqd_mgr.

The queue list can contain entries where pqn->q is NULL (kernel queues
where only pqn->kq is valid). In the original code:

  if (pqn->q) {
      ...
      mqd_mgr = q->device->dqm->mqd_mgrs[mqd_type];
      size = mqd_mgr->mqd_stride(...);
  }

  for (xcc = 0; xcc < num_xccs; xcc++) {  // WRONG: outside if block
      mqd = q->mqd + size * xcc;
      r = mqd_mgr->debugfs_show_mqd(m, mqd);
  }

When iterating over a queue node where pqn->q is NULL:
1. The if (pqn->q) block is skipped
2. mqd_mgr remains uninitialized (NULL from declaration)
3. The for loop executes anyway
4. mqd_mgr->debugfs_show_mqd(m, mqd) dereferences NULL

The crash manifests as:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
  #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
  RIP: 0010:0x0
  Call Trace:
   pqm_debugfs_mqds+0x10c/0x1d0 [amdgpu]
   kfd_debugfs_mqds_by_process+0x9b/0x110 [amdgpu]
   seq_read_iter+0x132/0x4b0
   ...

Fix by moving the for loop inside the if (pqn->q) block, so mqd_mgr
and related variables are only used when properly initialized.

(cherry picked from commit 8bfe29d5c798940f797aa24135d2734c3ffce9de)


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