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CVE-2026-64008 (GCVE-0-2026-64008)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:56 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:38
VLAI
Title
accel/rocket: fix UAF via dangling GEM handle in create_bo
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/rocket: fix UAF via dangling GEM handle in create_bo rocket_ioctl_create_bo() inserts a GEM handle into the file's IDR via drm_gem_handle_create() early on, then performs several operations that can fail (sgt allocation, drm_mm insert, iommu_map). If any fail after the handle is live, the error path calls drm_gem_shmem_object_free() which kfree's the object without removing the handle from the IDR. This leaves a dangling handle pointing to freed slab memory. Any subsequent ioctl using that handle (PREP_BO, FINI_BO, SUBMIT) calls drm_gem_object_lookup() and dereferences freed memory (UAF). Fix by moving drm_gem_handle_create() to after all fallible operations succeed, matching the pattern used by panfrost, lima, and etnaviv. Also fix drm_mm_insert_node_generic() whose return value was silently overwritten by iommu_map_sgtable() on the next line. Add the missing error check. [tomeu: Move handle creation to the very end]
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 658ebeac33517bd3169d4b65ed801e9065d0211a , < 18abd88d19ea195e2e1547fca0970c2f91d77a42 (git)
Affected: 658ebeac33517bd3169d4b65ed801e9065d0211a , < 451f1ccbbdb7b65021646704b15902655f8d228a (git)
Affected: 658ebeac33517bd3169d4b65ed801e9065d0211a , < f706e6a4ce75585af979aec3dcbdce68bc76306b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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