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drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's purge operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.709128] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1354 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:515 drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked+0x51c/0x740 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_purge() for Kunit tests. This is not an interface for regular drivers.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.16, 6.19.6
CVEs
CVE-2025-71296
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 03:25 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 May 2026, 13:11 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: shmem: Hold reservation lock around purge Acquire and release the GEM object's reservation lock around calls to the object's purge operation. The tests use drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked(), which led to errors such as show below. [ 58.709128] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1354 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c:515 drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked+0x51c/0x740 Only export the new helper drm_gem_shmem_purge() for Kunit tests. This is not an interface for regular drivers.

osv:CVE-2025-71296

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.16, 6.19.6

Complete source record
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