# CVE-2026-98510: drm/xe/vm: nuke PTs only after unlinking contested VMAs CVE-2026-98510 is fixed in 37 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98510, released October 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98510 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.8 (high) - EPSS: 0.0017 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Oct 18, 2026 - Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-98510 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vm: nuke PTs only after unlinking contested VMAs In xe_vm_close_and_put(), external-BO VMAs are queued on the contested list for deferred destruction via xe_vma_destroy_unlocked(). However, xe_vm_pt_destroy() was previously invoked before processing contested VMAs, destroying vm->pt_root while those VMAs were still linked to their respective buffer objects (vm_bo->list.gpuva). If a concurrent thread evicts one of those shared buffer objects, xe_bo_trigger_rebind() holding only bo->resv walks the BO's VMAs and, in fault mode, calls xe_vm_invalidate_vma() -> xe_pt_zap_ptes(). Because vm->pt_root[tile->id] is already NULL, dereferencing pt->level causes a NULL ptr deref. Fix this by deferring xe_vm_free_scratch() and xe_vm_pt_destroy() until after all contested VMAs have been unlinked and destroyed. User is reporting hitting a NULL ptr deref in xe_pt_zap_ptes(), which could be explained by this race. (cherry picked from commit c2863648959489767f08892fd6e90577d2ea0b6a) ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | kernel-uek ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-desktop ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-desktop ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-tools ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-tools ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-core ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-core ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-usb ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-usb ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless ol 10 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless ol 9 | 0:6.12.0-208.112.5.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-500572](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-500572.md) | Nov 7, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.113-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98510](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-98510.md) | Oct 19, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.2.9-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98510](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-98510.md) | Oct 19, 2026 | | Linux | linux-6.12 Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.12.113-1~deb12u1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98510](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-98510.md) | Oct 19, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-09T01:18:40Z UTC. 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