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

drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug

If the argument check during an array bind fails, the bind_ops are freed
twice as seen below. Fix this by setting bind_ops to NULL after freeing.

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: double-free in xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
Free of addr ffff88813bb9b800 by task xe_vm/14198

CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 14198 Comm: xe_vm Not tainted 6.16.0-xe-eudebug-cmanszew+ #520 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-P DDR5 RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00.2411.A02.2110081023 10/08/2021
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0
print_report+0xcb/0x610
? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x300
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
kasan_report_invalid_free+0xc8/0xf0
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
check_slab_allocation+0x102/0x130
kfree+0x10d/0x440
? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe]
? __lock_acquire+0xab9/0x27f0
? lock_acquire+0x165/0x300
? drm_dev_enter+0x53/0xe0 [drm]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? drm_dev_exit+0x30/0x50 [drm]
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm]
drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm]
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [drm]
? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe]
drm_ioctl+0x352/0x620 [drm]
? __pfx_drm_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm]
? __pfx_rpm_resume+0x10/0x10
? do_raw_spin_lock+0x11a/0x1b0
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? __pm_runtime_resume+0x61/0xc0
? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50
? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xac/0xe0
xe_drm_ioctl+0x91/0xc0 [xe]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xb2/0x100
? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x68/0x2e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7fa9acb24ded

(cherry picked from commit a01b704527c28a2fd43a17a85f8996b75ec8492a)

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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  • Linux Kernel
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/111fb43a557726079a67ce3ab51f602ddbf7097e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77a946bf1af0e8110ef6e243394217a17f9b7e33 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025090541-CVE-2025-38731-9537@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38731 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38731 cve-icon
History

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug If the argument check during an array bind fails, the bind_ops are freed twice as seen below. Fix this by setting bind_ops to NULL after freeing. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] Free of addr ffff88813bb9b800 by task xe_vm/14198 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 14198 Comm: xe_vm Not tainted 6.16.0-xe-eudebug-cmanszew+ #520 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-P DDR5 RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00.2411.A02.2110081023 10/08/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0 print_report+0xcb/0x610 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x300 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] kasan_report_invalid_free+0xc8/0xf0 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] check_slab_allocation+0x102/0x130 kfree+0x10d/0x440 ? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] ? __lock_acquire+0xab9/0x27f0 ? lock_acquire+0x165/0x300 ? drm_dev_enter+0x53/0xe0 [drm] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? drm_dev_exit+0x30/0x50 [drm] ? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm] ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [drm] ? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0 ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] drm_ioctl+0x352/0x620 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] ? __pfx_rpm_resume+0x10/0x10 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x11a/0x1b0 ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? __pm_runtime_resume+0x61/0xc0 ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xac/0xe0 xe_drm_ioctl+0x91/0xc0 [xe] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xb2/0x100 ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x68/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7fa9acb24ded (cherry picked from commit a01b704527c28a2fd43a17a85f8996b75ec8492a)
Title drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T05:56:58.641Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.033Z

Link: CVE-2025-38731

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-05T18:15:42.277

Modified: 2025-09-08T16:25:59.157

Link: CVE-2025-38731

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38731 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-09-06T09:01:32Z