CVE-2026-68238 (GCVE-0-2026-68238)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:01 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
drm/amdgpu: Release VFCT ACPI table reference
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Release VFCT ACPI table reference
amdgpu_acpi_vfct_bios() fetches the VFCT table with acpi_get_table()
but never releases it. acpi_get_table() takes a reference on the
table (incrementing its validation_count and mapping it on the 0->1
transition); without a paired acpi_put_table() the mapping is leaked
on every call, whether or not a matching VBIOS image is found.
Route all exit paths after the table is acquired through a common
acpi_put_table(). The VBIOS image is copied out with kmemdup() before
the table is released, so it remains valid for the caller.
(cherry picked from commit ca5988682b4cba4cd125a0fa99b2de1239164ae4)
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 , < 312278b3091912fa56a6a587609f17dcb33465c2
(git)
Affected: d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 , < 9b7de3ee5d2c5ee2a706e5f7ca0126f4fbea4da8 (git) Affected: d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 , < 65bff26617607c1331283232016c0e89088c5b78 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.2 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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