CVE-2023-52931

drm/i915: Avoid potential vm use-after-free

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2025 at 04:37 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Avoid potential vm use-after-free Adding the vm to the vm_xa table makes it visible to userspace, which could try to race with us to close the vm. So we need to take our extra reference before putting it in the table. (cherry picked from commit 99343c46d4e2b34c285d3d5f68ff04274c2f9fb4)

Affected

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

5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.115.16 ≤ v < 6.26.2 rc16.2 rc26.2 rc36.2 rc46.2 rc56.2 rc69ec8795e7d91bc650db03dc6f5315667555dae11
Vendor states this is fixed in 41d419382ec7e257e54b7b6ff0d3623aafb1316d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 764accc2c1b8fd1507be2e7f436c94cdce887a00 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41d419382ec7e257e54b7b6ff0d3623aafb1316d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764accc2c1b8fd1507be2e7f436c94cdce887a00

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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