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CVE-2025-21644

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix tlb invalidation when wedging If GuC fails to load, the driver wedges, but in the process it tries to do stuff that may not be initialized yet. This moves the xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_init() to be done earlier: as its own doc says, it's a software-only initialization and should had been named with the _early() suffix. Move it to be called by xe_gt_init_early(), so the locks and seqno are initialized, avoiding a NULL ptr deref when wedging: xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* GT0: load failed: status: Reset = 0, BootROM = 0x50, UKernel = 0x00, MIA = 0x00, Auth = 0x01 xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* GT0: firmware signature verification failed xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* CRITICAL: Xe has declared device 0000:03:00.0 as wedged. ... BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 3908 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G U W 6.13.0-rc4-xe+ #3 Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-S ADP-S DDR5 UDIMM CRB, BIOS ADLSFWI1.R00.3275.A00.2207010640 07/01/2022 RIP: 0010:xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_reset+0x75/0x110 [xe] This can be easily triggered by poking the GuC binary to force a signature failure. There will still be an extra message, xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *ERROR* GT0: GuC mmio request 0x4100: no reply 0x4100 but that's better than a NULL ptr deref. (cherry picked from commit 5001ef3af8f2c972d6fd9c5221a8457556f8bea6)

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.10-1CVE-2025-21644
Fixed in:6.12.10-1CVE-2025-21644
linux-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-oem-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days
12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

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