CVE-2025-40166

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in GuC Exec Queue Deregistration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/guc: Check GuC running state before deregistering exec queue In normal operation, a registered exec queue is disabled and deregistered through the GuC, and freed only after the GuC confirms completion. However, if the driver is forced to unbind while the exec queue is still running, the user may call exec_destroy() after the GuC has already been stopped and CT communication disabled. In this case, the driver cannot receive a response from the GuC, preventing proper cleanup of exec queue resources. Fix this by directly releasing the resources when GuC is not running. Here is the failure dmesg log: " [ 468.089581] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 468.089608] pci 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* GT0: GUC ID manager unclean (1/65535) [ 468.090558] pci 0000:03:00.0: [drm] GT0: total 65535 [ 468.090562] pci 0000:03:00.0: [drm] GT0: used 1 [ 468.090564] pci 0000:03:00.0: [drm] GT0: range 1..1 (1) [ 468.092716] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 468.092719] WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 4775 at drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ttm_vram_mgr.c:298 ttm_vram_mgr_fini+0xf8/0x130 [xe] " v2: use xe_uc_fw_is_running() instead of xe_guc_ct_enabled(). As CT may go down and come back during VF migration. (cherry picked from commit 9b42321a02c50a12b2beb6ae9469606257fbecea)

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.9%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.12.55linux
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.12.55 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.5 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 - 2c6e5904c5bdbac8e0eadee40f70c42bb83f6dc6
Linux/Linux dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 - 9f64b3cd051b825de0a2a9f145c8e003200cedd5
Linux/Linux dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 - fa708415566bbe5361c935645107319f8edc8dc1
Published Nov 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026