CVE-2026-63863 (GCVE-0-2026-63863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:04 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:40
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Title
drm/gpusvm: Fix unbalanced unlock in drm_gpusvm_scan_mm()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gpusvm: Fix unbalanced unlock in drm_gpusvm_scan_mm() There is a unbalanced lock/unlock to gpusvm notifier lock: [ 931.045868] ===================================== [ 931.046509] WARNING: bad unlock balance detected! [ 931.047149] 6.19.0-rc6+xe-**************** #9 Tainted: G U [ 931.048150] ------------------------------------- [ 931.048790] kworker/u5:0/51 is trying to release lock (&gpusvm->notifier_lock) at: [ 931.049801] [<ffffffffa090c0d8>] drm_gpusvm_scan_mm+0x188/0x460 [drm_gpusvm_helper] [ 931.050802] but there are no more locks to release! [ 931.051463] The drm_gpusvm_notifier_unlock() sits under err_free label and the first jump to err_free is just before calling the drm_gpusvm_notifier_lock() causing unbalanced unlock.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Linux Linux Affected: f1d08a5864822684773105c60528e2abb577ca6c , < 8efaa47a871662a8c21b819cec60786f7ef17ab4 (git)
Affected: f1d08a5864822684773105c60528e2abb577ca6c , < d287dee565c3c32e1ed76ec1847af46809c29b90 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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