CVE-2026-74393

drm/syncobj: Fix memory leak in drm_syncobj_find_fence()

N/A
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:59 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/syncobj: Fix memory leak in drm_syncobj_find_fence() Commit 18226ba52159 ("drm/syncobj: reject invalid flags in drm_syncobj_find_fence") forgot to take into account the fact that drm_syncobj_find() takes a reference to syncobj and returns early without dropping the reference, leading to memory leaks. Reported by: Sam Spencer <[email protected]>

Affected

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

6.9 ≤ v < 6.12.976.9 ≤ v < 6.18.406.9 ≤ v < 7.1.56.9 ≤ v < 7.218226ba52159257d4c2f777a168cc09adb3c1ac06.9
Vendor states this is fixed in 5c5994a1204743fa55e4c198ed93a6c36f21cd1f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7471006cd854d159723344be809e8287a2d75502 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e245f3491bf30a758786a4424854f61fee472308 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e5b93bd6fdb92aa5e4689715d7e8487d9ce66a38 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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