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drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown vc4_bo_cache_destroy() purges the cached BOs but never frees the size list, leaking it on every unbind.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 6.6.160, 7.2.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98970
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Oct 2026, 12:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown vc4_bo_cache_destroy() purges the cached BOs but never frees the size list, leaking it on every unbind.
osv:CVE-2026-98970
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11
Complete source record
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