Linux Kernel up to 6.12.29/6.14.7 AMD GPU amdgpu_kms memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.29/6.14.7. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is the function amdgpu_kms of the component AMD GPU. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-38011. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.29/6.14.7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function amdgpu_kms of the component AMD GPU. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: csa unmap use uninterruptible lock After process exit to unmap csa and free GPU vm, if signal is accepted and then waiting to take vm lock is interrupted and return, it causes memory leaking and below warning backtrace. Change to use uninterruptible wait lock fix the issue. WARNING: CPU: 69 PID: 167800 at amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_kms.c:1525 amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms+0x294/0x2a0 [amdgpu] Call Trace: <TASK> drm_file_free.part.0+0x1da/0x230 [drm] drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x65/0x70 [drm] drm_release+0x6a/0x120 [drm] amdgpu_drm_release+0x51/0x60 [amdgpu] __fput+0x9f/0x280 ____fput+0xe/0x20 task_work_run+0x67/0xa0 do_exit+0x217/0x3c0 do_group_exit+0x3b/0xb0 get_signal+0x14a/0x8d0 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xde/0x100 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xc1/0x1a0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xf4/0x100 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x69/0xc0 (cherry picked from commit 7dbbfb3c171a6f63b01165958629c9c26abf38ab)

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-38011 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241605 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.30 or 6.14.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8d71c3231b33e24a911b8f2d8c3a17ee40aa32d5/a1adc8d9a0d219d4e88672c30dbc9ea960d73136/a0fa7873f2f869087b1e7793f7fac3713a1e3afe is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241605), EUVD (EUVD-2025-21456) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1350). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.12.26
• 6.12.27
• 6.12.28
• 6.12.29
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1
• 6.14.2
• 6.14.3
• 6.14.4
• 6.14.5
• 6.14.6
• 6.14.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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