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

drm/amdgpu: install stub fence into potential unused fence pointers

When using cpu to update page tables, vm update fences are unused.
Install stub fence into these fence pointers instead of NULL
to avoid NULL dereference when calling dma_fence_wait() on them.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: install stub fence into potential unused fence pointers When using cpu to update page tables, vm update fences are unused. Install stub fence into these fence pointers instead of NULL to avoid NULL dereference when calling dma_fence_wait() on them.
Title drm/amdgpu: install stub fence into potential unused fence pointers
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:46:18.349Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:19:21.849Z

Link: CVE-2023-53248

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:52.040

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2023-53248

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