Bug 2559675 (CVE-2026-98949) - CVE-2026-98949 kernel: kernel: drm/imagination: Denial of Service via improper virtual memory remapping
Summary: CVE-2026-98949 kernel: kernel: drm/imagination: Denial of Service via imprope...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98949
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-23 12:59 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-28 09:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:59:18 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/imagination: Fix reference and vm_bo handling in remap()

When a map overlaps part of an existing mapping, pvr_vm_gpuva_remap()
splits the mapping into prev/next parts covering what the request did
not take, instead of creating something new. It gets two things wrong.

- A GEM reference is taken for each part but it's never needed and never
  dropped, so it leaks one reference per split (remap-next-in-2m in
  tests/imagination/pvr_vm_map.c):

    CRITICAL: 33558528 bytes of shmem still held after close

- The parts still belong to the original object being split, but
  pvr_vm_gpuva_remap() links them to ctx->gpuvm_bo, the new object's
  vm_bo:

    prev_va --obj--> BO_A          BO_B <--obj-- vm_bo (ctx->gpuvm_bo)
            \___________link___________/  (mismatch: BO_A != BO_B)

  drm_gpuva_link() catches the mismatch:

    WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpuvm.c:2108 at drm_gpuva_link+0x2ec/0x310
      drm_WARN_ON(obj != vm_bo->obj)
    Call trace:
     drm_gpuva_link
     pvr_vm_gpuva_remap
     __drm_gpuvm_sm_map
     pvr_vm_map
     pvr_ioctl_vm_map

  Link them to op->remap.unmap->va->vm_bo instead.

The locking of the GPUVA lists of the other objects touched by a split is
not addressed here; it is handled by switching the GPUVM to immediate
mode.


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