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CVE-2026-72331 (GCVE-0-2026-72331)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:55 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:42
VLAI
Title
accel/amdxdna: Fix VMA access race
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/amdxdna: Fix VMA access race aie2_populate_range() and amdxdna_umap_release() access a saved VMA pointer that may have already been freed, leading to a potential use-after-free. Remove the VMA accesses from these functions to avoid the race.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e486147c912f653ef4b60a6c7dbd4168a4c56a9f , < bea20225c67fed9be3e98619c77af6ee3f43fe07 (git)
Affected: e486147c912f653ef4b60a6c7dbd4168a4c56a9f , < 1ba02717e821cf14ece642273958647e79698d3d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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