PT-2026-61180 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-63863

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Published

2026-07-19

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Updated

2026-07-19

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/gpusvm: Fix unbalanced unlock in drm gpusvm scan mm()
There is a unbalanced lock/unlock to gpusvm notifier lock: [ 931.045868] ===================================== [ 931.046509] WARNING: bad unlock balance detected! [ 931.047149] 6.19.0-rc6+xe-**************** #9 Tainted: G U [ 931.048150] ------------------------------------- [ 931.048790] kworker/u5:0/51 is trying to release lock (&gpusvm->notifier lock) at: [ 931.049801] [] drm gpusvm scan mm+0x188/0x460 [drm gpusvm helper] [ 931.050802] but there are no more locks to release! [ 931.051463]
The drm gpusvm notifier unlock() sits under err free label and the first jump to err free is just before calling the drm gpusvm notifier lock() causing unbalanced unlock.

Fix

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-63863

Affected Products

Linux