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drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure Fix memory leak due to a leaked mmget reference on an error handling code path that is triggered when attempting to create KFD processes while a GPU reset is in progress.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.6.29, 6.8.8
CVEs
CVE-2024-26986
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2024, 05:27 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure Fix memory leak due to a leaked mmget reference on an error handling code path that is triggered when attempting to create KFD processes while a GPU reset is in progress.

osv:CVE-2024-26986

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.29, 6.8.8

Complete source record
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