CVE-2026-45979
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to amdgpu has been resolved, which occurred under low memory conditions. In such situations, the kmalloc function could fail, requiring the mutex to be unlocked for a clean exit.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability may lead to performance or stability issues in low memory conditions, potentially affecting applications that rely on the GPU.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for memory-related issues.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: clean up the amdgpu_cs_parser_bos In low memory conditions, kmalloc can fail. In such conditions unlock the mutex for a clean exit. We do not need to amdgpu_bo_list_put as it's been handled in the amdgpu_cs_parser_fini.