Bug 2554859 (CVE-2026-98514) - CVE-2026-98514 kernel: drm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()
Summary: CVE-2026-98514 kernel: drm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98514
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-19 13:12 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:23:36 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()

On the ttm_bo_reserve() failure and "vma not found" error paths, the
loop breaks without adding the looked-up object to any validate list,
so the reference taken by drm_gem_object_lookup() is never released;
validate_fini() only walks the spliced lists.  Drop the reference
before breaking out on both paths.


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