Linux Kernel up to 7.1.5/7.2-rc4 drm/xe/vf xe_sriov_vf_ccs_rw_update_bb_addr null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.1.5/7.2-rc4. This issue affects the function xe_sriov_vf_ccs_rw_update_bb_addr of the file drm/xe/vf. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-68305. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.1.5/7.2-rc4. This affects the function xe_sriov_vf_ccs_rw_update_bb_addr of the file drm/xe/vf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vf: Add drm_dev guards when detaching CCS read/write buffers CCS read/write buffers are freed during BO destruction. In some cases, BOs may be destroyed after the device is unbound but while the DRM structure remains valid, leading to NULL pointer dereferences when accessing device resources. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9376 Comm: xe_pat Not tainted 7.2.0-rc2+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy) RIP: 0010:xe_sriov_vf_ccs_rw_update_bb_addr+0x4d/0xa0 [xe] RSP: 0018:ffffcf304110b9c8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff8a85c38a0a00 RBX: 00000000810ef000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8a85c39c1888 RBP: ffffcf304110b9e8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8a85c39c1888 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8a85c39b4f28 R15: ffff8a85c3885000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a878b809000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000010314a002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> xe_migrate_ccs_rw_copy_clear+0x98/0x120 [xe] xe_sriov_vf_ccs_detach_bo+0x2c/0x60 [xe] xe_ttm_bo_delete_mem_notify+0xc8/0xe0 [xe] ttm_bo_cleanup_memtype_use+0x26/0x80 [ttm] ttm_bo_release+0x29e/0x2d0 [ttm] ttm_bo_fini+0x39/0x70 [ttm] xe_gem_object_free+0x1f/0x30 [xe] drm_gem_object_free+0x1d/0x40 ttm_bo_vm_close+0x5f/0x90 [ttm] remove_vma+0x2c/0x70 tear_down_vmas+0x63/0xf0 exit_mmap+0x20d/0x3f0 __mmput+0x45/0x170 mmput+0x31/0x40 do_exit+0x2ba/0xac0 do_group_exit+0x2d/0xb0 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x18/0x20 x64_sys_call+0x14a0/0x2390 do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x640 ? count_memcg_events+0xea/0x240 ? handle_mm_fault+0x1ec/0x2f0 (cherry picked from commit 1ae415a6eefe5004954a1d352b1718faca8844ef)

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-68305 since 07/30/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2026).

Upgrading to version 7.1.6 or 7.2-rc5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 523ed2831ee55b2a1edabdea96781651f9df9685/4c92afb4c143526d340545ca581e88e6952ea511 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5
• 7.2-rc1
• 7.2-rc2
• 7.2-rc3
• 7.2-rc4

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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