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drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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 source

Published 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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