Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12 amdgpu amdgpu_cs_parser_bos memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12. Affected by this vulnerability is the function amdgpu_cs_parser_bos of the component amdgpu. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-99106. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.58/7.2.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function amdgpu_cs_parser_bos of the component amdgpu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: free the userptr ranges when a CS fails after parser_bos amdgpu_cs_parser_bos() allocates an HMM range for every userptr entry of the BO list and looks up the user pages. Those ranges are only freed when amdgpu_cs_parser_bos() itself fails or when amdgpu_cs_submit() checks them under the notifier lock. If amdgpu_cs_patch_jobs(), amdgpu_cs_vm_handling(), amdgpu_cs_sync_rings() or the early part of amdgpu_cs_submit() fails, nothing frees them: neither amdgpu_cs_parser_fini() nor amdgpu_bo_list_free() touch e->range. Each such CS then leaks the range, its hmm_pfns array (8 bytes per page of the userptr BO) and the BO reference the range holds. An IB on a ring that patches the CS in place (e.g. VCN) with an unmapped va_start fails in amdgpu_cs_patch_ibs() and takes this path. Free the ranges on those error paths. Ranges amdgpu_cs_submit() already dropped are NULL, so freeing them again is a no-op. (cherry picked from commit c52a9542ed7cfd527feb938bd0accada2ac8d267)

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-99106 since 09/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.18.59 or 7.2.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6ac46ae5ac561d4fc7d4246ad83d71bed0d9af9a/2d9d24385201f476a2f754495b71bbac5ba6ea7b/1b4da805a0ba354a549ce07459c871c17dd94fe0 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 6.18.59/7.2.13
Patch: 6ac46ae5ac561d4fc7d4246ad83d71bed0d9af9a/2d9d24385201f476a2f754495b71bbac5ba6ea7b/1b4da805a0ba354a549ce07459c871c17dd94fe0

Timelineinfo

09/25/2026 CVE reserved
10/28/2026 +33 days Advisory disclosed
10/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-99106 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-99106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-427856

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2026 12:36
Changes: 10/28/2026 12:36 (59)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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