The vulnerability of the xe_config_device_release() function in the drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_configfs.c driver module of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) kernel of the Linux operating system allows a malicious actor to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the xeconfigdevicerelease function in the drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xeconfigfs.c driver of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure DRI kernel of the Linux operating system leads to unlimited resource allocation. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23421

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/configfs: Free ctxrestoremidbb in release ctxrestoremidbb memory is allocated in...

CVE-2026-23421

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This vulnerability is a memory leak within the drm/xe/configfs subsystem, where allocated memory for ctxrestoremidbb is not properly released when a configfs device is removed. A local attacker could exploit this by repeatedly creating and removing configfs...

CVE-2026-23421

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/configfs: Free ctxrestoremidbb in release ctxrestoremidbb memory is allocated in wabbstore, but xeconfigdevicerelease only frees ctxrestorepostbb. Free ctxrestoremidbb0.cs as well to avoid leaking the allocation when the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23421

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/configfs: Free ctxrestoremidbb in release ctxrestoremidbb memory is allocated in wabbstore, but xeconfigdevicerelease only frees ctxrestorepostbb. Free ctxrestoremidbb0.cs as well to avoid leaking the allocation when the...

PT-2026-30035

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/configfs: Free ctx restore mid bb in release ctx restore mid bb memory is allocated in wa bb store, but xe config device release only frees ctx restore post bb. Free ctx restore mid bb0.cs as well to avoid leaking the...