CVE-2023-52738

drm/amdgpu/fence: Fix oops due to non-matching drm_sched init/fini

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2024 at 03:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/fence: Fix oops due to non-matching drm_sched init/fini Currently amdgpu calls drm_sched_fini() from the fence driver sw fini routine - such function is expected to be called only after the respective init function - drm_sched_init() - was executed successfully. Happens that we faced a driver probe failure in the Steam Deck recently, and the function drm_sched_fini() was called even without its counter-part had been previously called, causing the following oops: amdgpu: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -110 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000090 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 609 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.2.0-rc3-gpiccoli #338 Hardware name: Valve Jupiter/Jupiter, BIOS F7A0113 11/04/2022 RIP: 0010:drm_sched_fini+0x84/0xa0 [gpu_sched] [...] Call Trace: <TASK> amdgpu_fence_driver_sw_fini+0xc8/0xd0 [amdgpu] amdgpu_device_fini_sw+0x2b/0x3b0 [amdgpu] amdgpu_driver_release_kms+0x16/0x30 [amdgpu] devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x49/0x70 [...] To prevent that, check if the drm_sched was properly initialized for a given ring before calling its fini counter-part. Notice ideally we'd use sched.ready for that; such field is set as the latest thing on drm_sched_init(). But amdgpu seems to "override" the meaning of such field - in the above oops for example, it was a GFX ring causing the crash, and the sched.ready field was set to true in the ring init routine, regardless of the state of the DRM scheduler. Hence, we ended-up using sched.ops as per Christian's suggestion [0], and also removed the no_scheduler check [1]. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/[email protected]/ [1] https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/[email protected]/

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 5.14.105.14.10 ≤ v < 5.155.14.10 ≤ v < 5.15.945.15 ≤ v < 5.15.945.15 ≤ v < 6.1.125.15 ≤ v < 6.25.16 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.125.14.106.2 rc16.2 rc26.2 rc36.2 rc46.2 rc56.2 rc66.2 rc767f44c8b4590c3f24d21a37578a478590f21758ba968ae672b3075794c8086aa164595b0175abe
Vendor states this is fixed in 2bcbbef9cace772f5b7128b11401c515982de34b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e557c8ca2c585bdef591b8503ba83b85f5d0afd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5ad7bbf3dba5c4a684338df1f285080f2588b535 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.94 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcbbef9cace772f5b7128b11401c515982de34b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e557c8ca2c585bdef591b8503ba83b85f5d0afd
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad7bbf3dba5c4a684338df1f285080f2588b535

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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