Linux Kernel up to 6.6.116/6.12.57/6.17.7 amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.116/6.12.57/6.17.7. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects the function amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-40310. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.116/6.12.57/6.17.7. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amd/amdkfd: resolve a race in amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw There is race in amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw and interrupt. if amdgpu_amdkfd_device_fini_sw run in b/w kfd_cleanup_nodes and kfree(kfd), and KGD interrupt generated. kernel panic log: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098 amdgpu 0000:c8:00.0: amdgpu: Requesting 4 partitions through PSP PGD d78c68067 P4D d78c68067 kfd kfd: amdgpu: Allocated 3969056 bytes on gart PUD 1465b8067 PMD @ Oops: @002 [#1] SMP NOPTI kfd kfd: amdgpu: Total number of KFD nodes to be created: 4 CPU: 115 PID: @ Comm: swapper/115 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S W OE K RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x12/0x40 Code: 89 e@ 41 5c c3 cc cc cc cc 66 66 2e Of 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 OF 1f 40 00 Of 1f 44% 00 00 41 54 9c 41 5c fa 31 cO ba 01 00 00 00 <fO> OF b1 17 75 Ba 4c 89 e@ 41 Sc 89 c6 e8 07 38 5d RSP: 0018: ffffc90@1a6b0e28 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000018 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff8883bb623e00 RDI: 0000000000000098 ffff8883bb000000 RO8: ffff888100055020 ROO: ffff888100055020 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0900000000000002 ffff888F2b97da0@ R14: @000000000000098 R15: ffff8883babdfo00 CS: 010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CRO: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000098 CR3: 0000000e7cae2006 CR4: 0000000002770ce0 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffeO7FO DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> kgd2kfd_interrupt+@x6b/0x1f@ [amdgpu] ? amdgpu_fence_process+0xa4/0x150 [amdgpu] kfd kfd: amdgpu: Node: 0, interrupt_bitmap: 3 YcpxFl Rant tErace amdgpu_irq_dispatch+0x165/0x210 [amdgpu] amdgpu_ih_process+0x80/0x100 [amdgpu] amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for GPU amdgpu_irq_handler+0x1f/@x60 [amdgpu] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x3d/0x170 amdgpu: Topology: Add dGPU node [0x74a2:0x1002] handle_irq_event+0x5a/@xcO handle_edge_irq+0x93/0x240 kfd kfd: amdgpu: KFD node 1 partition @ size 49148M asm_call_irq_on_stack+0xf/@x20 </IRQ> common_interrupt+0xb3/0x130 asm_common_interrupt+0x1le/0x40 5.10.134-010.a1i5000.a18.x86_64 #1

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-40310 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298897 (Ubuntu 25.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8029-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.117, 6.12.58 or 6.17.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 93f8d67ef8b50334a26129df4da5a4cb60ad4090/bc9e789053abe463f8cf74eee5fc2f157c11a79f/2f89a2d15550b653caaeeab7ab68c4d7583fd4fe/99d7181bca34e96fbf61bdb6844918bdd4df2814 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 (298897), EUVD (EUVD-2025-201635) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2756). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• NetApp AFF
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Microsoft Azure Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.116
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
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• 6.12.52
• 6.12.53
• 6.12.54
• 6.12.55
• 6.12.56
• 6.12.57
• 6.17.0
• 6.17.1
• 6.17.2
• 6.17.3
• 6.17.4
• 6.17.5
• 6.17.6
• 6.17.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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