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...

CVE-2026-23421: Undefined Security Weakness

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw within the drm/xe/configfs subsystem. Specifically, memory allocated for ctx restore mid bb is not fully freed during device removal, leading to a memory...