CVE-2026-98509

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/virtio: fix memory leak of fence event on execbuffer failure

virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl() reserves a DRM event with drm_event_reserve_init() when VIRTGPU_EXECBUF_RING_IDX selects a ring that userspace has enabled polling for. virtio_gpu_init_submit() does this before the BO handles, the command buffer, the syncobj arrays and the in-fence are processed, so every later error path runs with the event already pending, including plain argument validation failures such as an invalid bo_handle or an in-syncobj that carries no fence.

On those paths, virtio_gpu_cleanup_submit() drops the out-fence without cancelling the event. The fence is freed without ever having been emitted, taking the only driver-side pointer to the event with it. Closing the DRM file does not help. drm_events_release() unlinks pending events but deliberately leaves the freeing to the driver's later drm_send_event(), which never runs for an orphaned event, so the allocation is leaked permanently.

Found when fuzzing the virtio driver with Syzkaller:

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88802c176e80 (size 96):
comm "syz.1.367", pid 10561, jiffies 4294960122
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
	00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
	c8 6e 17 2c 80 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .n.,............
backtrace (crc e1973c6b):
	kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
	slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
	slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
	__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x49d/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5485
	_kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
	_kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
	virtio_gpu_fence_event_create drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:282 [inline]
	virtio_gpu_init_submit drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:398 [inline]
	virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl+0xbbf/0x1aa0 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:505
	drm_ioctl_kernel+0x1f4/0x3e0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:817
	drm_ioctl+0x5f4/0xc70 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:914
	vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
	__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
	__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
	__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
	do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
	do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
	entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Fix by cancelling and freeing the DRM event on the execbuffer error path before dropping the fence. Clear the fence's event pointer after cancellation so it does not retain a dangling pointer.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix memory leak of fence event on execbuffer failure virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl() reserves a DRM event with drm_event_reserve_init() when VIRTGPU_EXECBUF_RING_IDX selects a ring that userspace has enabled polling for. virtio_gpu_init_submit() does this before the BO handles, the command buffer, the syncobj arrays and the in-fence are processed, so every later error path runs with the event already pending, including plain argument validation failures such as an invalid bo_handle or an in-syncobj that carries no fence. On those paths, virtio_gpu_cleanup_submit() drops the out-fence without cancelling the event. The fence is freed without ever having been emitted, taking the only driver-side pointer to the event with it. Closing the DRM file does not help. drm_events_release() unlinks pending events but deliberately leaves the freeing to the driver's later drm_send_event(), which never runs for an orphaned event, so the allocation is leaked permanently. Found when fuzzing the virtio driver with Syzkaller: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88802c176e80 (size 96): comm "syz.1.367", pid 10561, jiffies 4294960122 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ c8 6e 17 2c 80 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .n.,............ backtrace (crc e1973c6b): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x49d/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5485 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline] _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline] virtio_gpu_fence_event_create drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:282 [inline] virtio_gpu_init_submit drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:398 [inline] virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl+0xbbf/0x1aa0 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:505 drm_ioctl_kernel+0x1f4/0x3e0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:817 drm_ioctl+0x5f4/0xc70 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:914 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Fix by cancelling and freeing the DRM event on the execbuffer error path before dropping the fence. Clear the fence's event pointer after cancellation so it does not retain a dangling pointer.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 and Micro 6.1 kernel was updated to fix various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2025-68219: cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path (bsc#1255222).
• CVE-2026-31708: smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path (bsc#1264022).
• CVE-2026-31709: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (bsc#1264024).
• CVE-2026-43350: smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before reading mode bits (bsc#1264985).
• CVE-2026-46155: smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in smb2_compound_op() (bsc#1267720).
• CVE-2026-64324: udf: validate free block extents against the partition length (bsc#1273970).
• CVE-2026-64370: posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path (bsc#1273805).
• CVE-2026-64380: smb: client: harden POSIX SID length parsing (bsc#1273557).
• CVE-2026-64413: netfilter: ebtables: zero chainstack array (bsc#1274082).
• CVE-2026-64435: audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue (bsc#1274080).
• CVE-2026-68186: binfmt_misc: set have_execfd only once the interpreter is opened (bsc#1274949).
• CVE-2026-68447: drm/amdkfd: clamp v9 CRIU control stack checkpoint copy to BO size (bsc#1276280).
• CVE-2026-72010: cgroup/cpuset: rebind mm mempolicy to effective_mems, not mems_allowed (bsc#1276776).
• CVE-2026-72110: bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it (bsc#1277357).
• CVE-2026-72111: bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access() (bsc#1277389).
• CVE-2026-72127: netdev-genl: report NAPI thread PID in the caller's pid namespace (bsc#1277542).
• CVE-2026-72250: netfilter: nf_conntrack_reasm: guard mac_header adjustment after IPv6 defrag (bsc#1277663).
• CVE-2026-72253: netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: validate skb_dst() before accessing it (bsc#1277665).
• CVE-2026-72318: cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets (bsc#1275939).
• CVE-2026-72400: seg6: validate SRH length before reading fixed fields (bsc#1278030).
• CVE-2026-72405: net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync (bsc#1278033).
• CVE-2026-72416: netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets (bsc#1278041).
• CVE-2026-72428: bpf: Fix stack slot index in nospec checks (bsc#1278050).
• CVE-2026-74368: wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic() (bsc#1277103).
• CVE-2026-74399: evm: terminate and bound the evm_xattrs read buffer (bsc#1278319).
• CVE-2026-74565: netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table (bsc#1275568).
• CVE-2026-74613: vsock/virtio: avoid refilling the RX queue after teardown (bsc#1277903).
• CVE-2026-74620: net/sched: act_gact, act_police: range check the fallback control action (bsc#1277044).
• CVE-2026-74624: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock (bsc#1277599).
• CVE-2026-74715: net: netfilter: Make ct zone opts configurable for bpf ct helpers (bsc#1277890).
• CVE-2026-74720: bpf: Preserve pointer state for commuted arithmetic (bsc#1276574).
• CVE-2026-74746: netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last (bsc#1278101).
• CVE-2026-74748: netfilter: ipset: fix refcount race between list:set GC and swap (bsc#1277578).
• CVE-2026-80572: Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data (bsc#1277338).
• CVE-2026-80602: perf/x86/amd/lbr: Fix kernel address leakage (bsc#1278123).
• CVE-2026-80637: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment (bsc#1278343).
• CVE-2026-80684: KVM: s390: pci: Fix NULL dereference on AIBV allocation failure (bsc#1277467).
• CVE-2026-80709: s390/zcrypt: Fix wrong domain value verification with EP11 CPRBs (bsc#1278202).
• CVE-2026-80717: sctp: validate Adaptation Indication parameter length (bsc#1277836).
• CVE-2026-80755: selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count (bsc#1278415).
• CVE-2026-80757: selinux: reject a…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 kernel was updated to fix various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2025-68219: cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path (bsc#1255222).
• CVE-2026-31708: smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path (bsc#1264022).
• CVE-2026-31709: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (bsc#1264024).
• CVE-2026-43350: smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before reading mode bits (bsc#1264985).
• CVE-2026-46155: smb/client: fix out-of-bounds read in smb2_compound_op() (bsc#1267720).
• CVE-2026-64370: posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path (bsc#1273805).
• CVE-2026-64380: smb: client: harden POSIX SID length parsing (bsc#1273557).
• CVE-2026-64430: NTB: epf: Avoid calling pci_irq_vector() from hardirq context (bsc#1274257).
• CVE-2026-64435: audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue (bsc#1274080).
• CVE-2026-68186: binfmt_misc: set have_execfd only once the interpreter is opened (bsc#1274949).
• CVE-2026-68436: drm/amd/display: use kvzalloc to allocate struct dc (bsc#1276275).
• CVE-2026-68447: drm/amdkfd: clamp v9 CRIU control stack checkpoint copy to BO size (bsc#1276280).
• CVE-2026-68460: f2fs: fix potential deadlock in f2fs_balance_fs() (bsc#1276774).
• CVE-2026-72010: cgroup/cpuset: rebind mm mempolicy to effective_mems, not mems_allowed (bsc#1276776).
• CVE-2026-72073: mmc: vub300: fix use-after-free on probe failure (bsc#1277157).
• CVE-2026-72110: bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it (bsc#1277357).
• CVE-2026-72111: bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access() (bsc#1277389).
• CVE-2026-72250: netfilter: nf_conntrack_reasm: guard mac_header adjustment after IPv6 defrag (bsc#1277663).
• CVE-2026-72253: netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: validate skb_dst() before accessing it (bsc#1277665).
• CVE-2026-72318: cifs: validate DFS referral string offsets (bsc#1275939).
• CVE-2026-72405: net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync (bsc#1278033).
• CVE-2026-72416: netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets (bsc#1278041).
• CVE-2026-72428: bpf: Fix stack slot index in nospec checks (bsc#1278050).
• CVE-2026-74368: wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_wifi7_dp_rx_h_verify_tkip_mic() (bsc#1277103).
• CVE-2026-74472: ublk: reset kernel-owned dev_info fields in ublk_ctrl_add_dev() (bsc#1277785).
• CVE-2026-74613: vsock/virtio: avoid refilling the RX queue after teardown (bsc#1277903).
• CVE-2026-74620: net/sched: act_gact, act_police: range check the fallback control action (bsc#1277044).
• CVE-2026-74624: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock (bsc#1277599).
• CVE-2026-74715: net: netfilter: Make ct zone opts configurable for bpf ct helpers (bsc#1277890).
• CVE-2026-74746: netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last (bsc#1278101).
• CVE-2026-74748: netfilter: ipset: fix refcount race between list:set GC and swap (bsc#1277578).
• CVE-2026-80572: Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data (bsc#1277338).
• CVE-2026-80602: perf/x86/amd/lbr: Fix kernel address leakage (bsc#1278123).
• CVE-2026-80637: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment (bsc#1278343).
• CVE-2026-80717: sctp: validate Adaptation Indication parameter length (bsc#1277836).
• CVE-2026-80755: selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count (bsc#1278415).
• CVE-2026-80757: selinux: reject a class permission count below its inherited common (bsc#1278711).
• CVE-2026-80808: ext4: stop retrying saturated xattr cache entries (bsc#1279795).
• CVE-2026-80809: ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs (bsc#1279606).
• CVE-2026-80855: fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure (bsc#1279564).
• CVE-2026-80879: ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency…

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

• USB Gadget drivers;
• Memory management;
• Multiple devices driver;
• ARM64 architecture;
• EROFS file system;
• Networking core;
• eXpress Data Path;
• ARM32 architecture;
• M68K architecture;
• MIPS architecture;
• OpenRISC architecture;
• PA-RISC architecture;
• PowerPC architecture;
• RISC-V architecture;
• S390 architecture;
• User-Mode Linux (UML);
• x86 architecture;
• Block layer subsystem;
• Cryptographic API;
• Compute Acceleration Framework;
• Intel NPU Driver;
• Speakup Console Speech Driver;
• ACPI drivers;
• Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
• Auxiliary display drivers;
• Drivers core;
• Micron PCIe SSD driver;
• Null block device driver;
• Ublk userspace block driver;
• Compressed RAM block device driver;
• Bluetooth drivers;
• Bus devices;
• AMD CDX bus driver;
• Hardware random number generator core;
• Character device driver;
• TPM device driver;
• Clock framework and drivers;
• Clocksource drivers;
• CPU frequency scaling framework;
• CPU idle management framework;
• Hardware crypto device drivers;
• CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
• DAX dirext access to differentiated memory framework;
• DIBS (Direct Internal Buffer Sharing) drivers;
• Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;
• DMA engine subsystem;
• EDAC drivers;
• FireWire subsystem;
• ARM SCMI message protocol;
• ARM SCPI message protocol;
• Google firmware drivers;
• Qualcomm firmware drivers;
• FPGA Framework;
• GPIO subsystem;
• GPU drivers;
• HID subsystem;
• HSI subsystem;
• Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
• Hardware monitoring drivers;
• CoreSight HW tracing drivers;
• I2C subsystem;
• I3C subsystem;
• IIO subsystem;
• InfiniBand drivers;
• Input Device core drivers;
• Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
• Input Device (Mouse) drivers;
• On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
• IOMMU subsystem;
• Industry Pack bus drivers;
• IRQ chip drivers;
• Mailbox framework;
• Media drivers;
• MemoryStick subsystem;
• Multifunction device drivers;
• Analog Devices digital potentiometer driver;
• Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
• Fastrpc Driver;
• Amazon Nitro Secure Module driver;
• SGI GRU driver;
• MMC subsystem;
• MTD block device drivers;
• Network drivers;
• Ethernet bonding driver;
• Mellanox network drivers;
• Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
• STMicroelectronics network drivers;
• Texas Instruments network drivers;
• MediaTek network drivers;
• Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
• NTB driver;
• NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
• NVME drivers;
• Device tree and open firmware driver;
• Operating Performance Points (OPP) driver;
• PA-RISC drivers;
• PCI subsystem;
• Performance monitor drivers;
• PHY drivers;
• Pin controllers subsystem;
• Chrome hardware platform drivers;
• Mellanox platform drivers;
• Microsoft Surface platform drivers;
• x86 platform drivers;
• MediaTek PM domains;
• Power sequencing drivers;
• Power supply drivers;
• Powercap sysfs driver;
• PTP clock framework;
• PWM drivers;
• RapidIO drivers;
• Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;
• Remote Processor subsystem;
• MPAM driver;
• RPMSG subsystem;
• Real Time Clock drivers;
• S/390 drivers;
• SCSI subsystem;
• ASPEED SoC drivers;
• Samsung SoC drivers;
• SPI subsystem;
• small TFT LCD display modules;
• Greybus lights staging drivers;
• Media staging drivers;
• Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
• TCM subsystem;
• Trusted Execution Environment drivers;
• Thermal drivers;
• Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;
• TTY drivers;
• UFS subsystem;
• Userspace I/O drivers;
• USB DSL drivers;
• Cypress C67X00 USB…

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

• USB Gadget drivers;
• Memory management;
• Multiple devices driver;
• ARM64 architecture;
• EROFS file system;
• Networking core;
• eXpress Data Path;
• ARM32 architecture;
• M68K architecture;
• MIPS architecture;
• OpenRISC architecture;
• PA-RISC architecture;
• PowerPC architecture;
• RISC-V architecture;
• S390 architecture;
• User-Mode Linux (UML);
• x86 architecture;
• Block layer subsystem;
• Cryptographic API;
• Compute Acceleration Framework;
• Intel NPU Driver;
• Speakup Console Speech Driver;
• ACPI drivers;
• Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
• Auxiliary display drivers;
• Drivers core;
• Micron PCIe SSD driver;
• Null block device driver;
• Ublk userspace block driver;
• Compressed RAM block device driver;
• Bluetooth drivers;
• Bus devices;
• AMD CDX bus driver;
• Hardware random number generator core;
• Character device driver;
• TPM device driver;
• Clock framework and drivers;
• Clocksource drivers;
• CPU frequency scaling framework;
• CPU idle management framework;
• Hardware crypto device drivers;
• CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
• DAX dirext access to differentiated memory framework;
• DIBS (Direct Internal Buffer Sharing) drivers;
• Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;
• DMA engine subsystem;
• EDAC drivers;
• FireWire subsystem;
• ARM SCMI message protocol;
• ARM SCPI message protocol;
• Google firmware drivers;
• Qualcomm firmware drivers;
• FPGA Framework;
• GPIO subsystem;
• GPU drivers;
• HID subsystem;
• HSI subsystem;
• Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
• Hardware monitoring drivers;
• CoreSight HW tracing drivers;
• I2C subsystem;
• I3C subsystem;
• IIO subsystem;
• InfiniBand drivers;
• Input Device core drivers;
• Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
• Input Device (Mouse) drivers;
• On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
• IOMMU subsystem;
• Industry Pack bus drivers;
• IRQ chip drivers;
• Mailbox framework;
• Media drivers;
• MemoryStick subsystem;
• Multifunction device drivers;
• Analog Devices digital potentiometer driver;
• Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
• Fastrpc Driver;
• Amazon Nitro Secure Module driver;
• SGI GRU driver;
• MMC subsystem;
• MTD block device drivers;
• Network drivers;
• Ethernet bonding driver;
• Mellanox network drivers;
• Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
• STMicroelectronics network drivers;
• Texas Instruments network drivers;
• MediaTek network drivers;
• Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
• NTB driver;
• NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
• NVME drivers;
• Device tree and open firmware driver;
• Operating Performance Points (OPP) driver;
• PA-RISC drivers;
• PCI subsystem;
• Performance monitor drivers;
• PHY drivers;
• Pin controllers subsystem;
• Chrome hardware platform drivers;
• Mellanox platform drivers;
• Microsoft Surface platform drivers;
• x86 platform drivers;
• MediaTek PM domains;
• Power sequencing drivers;
• Power supply drivers;
• Powercap sysfs driver;
• PTP clock framework;
• PWM drivers;
• RapidIO drivers;
• Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;
• Remote Processor subsystem;
• MPAM driver;
• RPMSG subsystem;
• Real Time Clock drivers;
• S/390 drivers;
• SCSI subsystem;
• ASPEED SoC drivers;
• Samsung SoC drivers;
• SPI subsystem;
• small TFT LCD display modules;
• Greybus lights staging drivers;
• Media staging drivers;
• Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
• TCM subsystem;
• Trusted Execution Environment drivers;
• Thermal drivers;
• Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;
• TTY drivers;
• UFS subsystem;
• Userspace I/O drivers;
• USB DSL drivers;
• Cypress C67X00 USB…