drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared. This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.169, 6.12.36, 6.15.5, 6.6.96
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38436
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 18:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 25 Jul 2025, 14:32 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared. This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.
osv:CVE-2025-38436
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.169, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5
Complete source record
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