drm/sched: Fix fence reference count leak
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sched: Fix fence reference count leak The last_scheduled fence leaks when an entity is being killed and adding the cleanup callback fails. Decrement the reference count of prev when dma_fence_add_callback() fails, ensuring proper balance. [phasta: add git tag info for stable kernel]
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.21, 6.13.9, 6.6.85
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21995
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 05:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sched: Fix fence reference count leak The last_scheduled fence leaks when an entity is being killed and adding the cleanup callback fails. Decrement the reference count of prev when dma_fence_add_callback() fails, ensuring proper balance. [phasta: add git tag info for stable kernel]
osv:CVE-2025-21995
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.85, 6.12.21, 6.13.9
Complete source record
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