CVE-2026-98178: drm/amdgpu: Skip KFD mapping clear before initialization

Published Oct 6, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu: Skip KFD mapping clear before initialization

amdgpuamdkfdclearkfdmapping() assumes that a non-NULL kfddev has a fully populated node array. This is not true when KFD device initialization fails after probe.

For example, kgd2kfddeviceinit() sets numnodes before checking PCIe atomics support. On Polaris systems without the required atomics, it returns before allocating nodes[0], but the kfddev remains attached to the amdgpu device. A later GPU reset then dereferences nodes[0]->id.

Require the authoritative KFD initialization flag before walking the node array, matching the existing KFD reset and teardown paths.

(cherry picked from commit 4ac1835823c47903fbb278bbf474773c46f59edc)

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch 4ac1835823c47903fbb278bbf474773c46f59edc

Event History

Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:44 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:44 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:17 AM
Description

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