CVE-2026-63885

drm/gem: fix race between change_handle and handle_delete

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 08:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gem: fix race between change_handle and handle_delete drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl leaves the old handle live in the IDR during the window between spin_unlock(table_lock) and the final spin_lock(table_lock). A concurrent drm_gem_handle_delete on the old handle succeeds in this window, decrements handle_count to 0, and frees the GEM object while the new handle's IDR entry still references it. NULL the old handle's IDR entry before dropping table_lock so that any concurrent GEM_CLOSE on the old handle sees NULL and returns -EINVAL. Restore the old entry on the prime-bookkeeping error path.

Affected

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

6.18.32 ≤ v < 6.18.357.0.9 ≤ v < 7.0.125e28b7b94408897e41c63477aabc9e1db439bc8c6.18.3261bd96d3e5472c253f9c1ab77608f0c8aaa9d025672464dd53231509c9c771110798c56d4660e19e7.0.97.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 0dfa42cfe4dbe114533480503934f43e33c1e83d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7164d78559b0ff29931a366a840a9e5dd53d4b7c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cde2c9257cbe8463b9dcf7b1075177b72b5fd938 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 6.18.35, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362

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