CVE-2026-98521

drm/i915: fix incorrect RCU teardown order

CVE-2026-98521 is fixed in 103 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98521, released October 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0022
11th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix incorrect RCU teardown order i915_gem_busy_ioctl uses dma_resv_for_each_fence_unlocked() to iterate over the fences in an GEM object without holding a reference but only the RCU read side lock. What can happen here is that the GEM object is destroyed concurrently while i915_gem_busy_ioctl is still running. This won't free the GEM objects memory, but still drops all the dma_fence references. Now when dma_resv_for_each_fence_unlocked() sees a destroyed dma_fence it assumes that a new fence list was installed and re-starts the loop. But in the case of a destroyed GEM object a new fence list is never installed, only the old one freed and therefore the iteration never finishes resulting in an endless loop. The solution is to drop the fence references only after the RCU grace period. The fixes tag is not necessary the patch introducing the problem, but the one making it so worse that we need to address it. This problem was pointed out by Sashiko-bot. (cherry picked from commit 5113479556025093bf8133bb2dcaa33be2d50921)

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1.150700.17.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.1.189-236.399 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.113-138.209 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.18.56-125.164 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_24 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-tools · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek-tools · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek ELSA-2026-500572 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98521 Oct 19, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.113-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98521 Oct 19, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98521 Oct 19, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98521 Oct 19, 2026
microvm-kernel · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
perf · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.189-236.399.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3336 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.113-138.209.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3335 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3251 Nov 7, 2026

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