CVE-2025-38436

drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2025 at 02:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared. This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.

Affected

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

4.3 ≤ v < 6.1.1694.3 ≤ v < 6.12.364.3 ≤ v < 6.15.54.3 ≤ v < 6.164.3 ≤ v < 6.6.966.13 ≤ v < 6.15.56.7 ≤ v < 6.12.364.3a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3
Vendor states this is fixed in 471db2c2d4f80ee94225a1ef246e4f5011733e50 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8342127a8a65b0673863b106ce32b79c91ae3270 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa382a8b6ed483e9812d0e63b6d1bdcba0186f29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aefd0a935625165a6ca36d0258d2d053901555df (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c5734f9bab6f0d40577ad0633af4090a5fda2407 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.169 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.96 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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