High 7.8Published Dec 9, 2025

CVE-2023-53816drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:10 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs kgd_mem pointers returned by kfd_process_device_translate_handle are only guaranteed to be valid while p->mutex is held. As soon as the mutex is unlocked, another thread can free the BO.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 before 5045360f3bb62ccd4f87202e33489f71f8bbc3fc; from 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 before 5ca14fb5552ac13a2402d306c0bd2379a71610ff; from 4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 before 9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933	CNA record

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5045360f3bb62ccd4f87202e33489f71f8bbc3fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ca14fb5552ac13a2402d306c0bd2379a71610ff
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da050b0d9e04439d225a2ec3044af70cdfb3933

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