Bug 2540407 (CVE-2026-97422) - CVE-2026-97422 kernel: drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak
Summary: CVE-2026-97422 kernel: drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97422
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-24 16:43 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-11 16:52 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:99015 0 None None None 2026-11-11 16:52:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:99031 0 None None None 2026-11-11 16:18:33 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 16:43:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak

kfd_smi_ev_enabled() skips the suser privilege check when pid=0.
PROCESS_START, PROCESS_END, and VMFAULT events are emitted with
pid=0 while carrying another process's PID and command name, so any
/dev/kfd user in the render group can monitor all GPU workloads.

Pass the target process PID into kfd_smi_event_add() for these events
so the existing per-client filter restricts delivery to the owning
process or CAP_SYS_ADMIN subscribers.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-11-11 16:18:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:99031 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99031

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-11-11 16:52:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:99015 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99015


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