CVE-2026-52976

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/xe: Fix error cleanup in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl()

Two error handling issues exist in xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl():

1. When xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() fails, the error path jumps

to put_exec_queue which skips xe_exec_queue_kill(). If the VM is in

preempt fence mode, xe_vm_add_compute_exec_queue() has already added

the queue to the VM's compute exec queue list. Skipping the kill

leaves the queue on that list, leading to a dangling pointer after

the queue is freed.

2. When xa_alloc() fails after xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() has

succeeded, the error path does not call

xe_hw_engine_group_del_exec_queue() to remove the queue from the hw

engine group list. The queue is then freed while still linked into

the hw engine group, causing a use-after-free.

Fix both by:

- Changing the xe_hw_engine_group_add_exec_queue() failure path to jump

to kill_exec_queue so that xe_exec_q

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References