Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3 drm aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices allocation of resources

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3 and classified as critical. This affects the function aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices of the component drm. This manipulation causes allocation of resources. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-52904. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices of the component drm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix nvkm_device leak on aperture removal failure When aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices() fails during probe, the error path returns directly without unwinding the nvkm_device that was just allocated by nvkm_device_pci_new(). This leaks both the device wrapper and the pci_enable_device() reference taken inside it. Jump to the existing fail_nvkm label so nvkm_device_del() runs and balances both. The leak was introduced when the intermediate nvkm_device_del() between detection and aperture removal was dropped in favor of creating the pci device once.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-52904 since 06/09/2026. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 or 7.1-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5edd564ccb002ffc830e7818c1c4a992db774678/4404d7d2dda4f3cc84a8fb6ac5417a2afc3b22d6/843c0247cf21364e33bb5a8ffc9af57107d04d05/6597ff1d8de3f583be169587efeafd8af134e138 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
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• 7.0.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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