# CVE-2024-26937: drm/i915/gt: Reset queue_priority_hint on parking

> A race condition in the Intel i915 GPU driver can cause a kernel assertion failure and system crash during engine parking.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26937, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26937, GHSA-576q-7774-8vcq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26937

## What is CVE-2024-26937?

CVE-2024-26937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

drm/i915/gt: Reset queue_priority_hint on parking

Originally, with strict in order execution, we could complete execution
only when the queue was empty. Preempt-to-busy allows replacement of an
active request that may complete before the preemption is processed by
HW. If that happens, the request is retired from the queue, but the
queue_priority_hint remains set, preventing direct submission until
after the next CS interrupt is processed.

This preempt-to-busy race can be triggered by the heartbeat, which will
also act as the power-management barrier and upon completion allow us to
idle the HW. We may process the completion of the heartbeat, and begin
parking the engine before the CS event that restores the
queue_priority_hint, causing us to fail the assertion that it is MIN.

<3>[  166.210729] __engine_park:283 GEM_BUG_ON(engine->sched_engine->queue_priority_hint != (-((int)(~0U >> 1)) - 1))
<0>[  166.210781] Dumping ftrace buffer:
<0>[  166.210795] ---------------------------------
...
<0>[  167.302811] drm_fdin-1097      2..s1. 165741070us : trace_ports: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: promote { ccid:20 1217:2 prio 0 }
<0>[  167.302861] drm_fdin-1097      2d.s2. 165741072us : execlists_submission_tasklet: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: preempting last=1217:2, prio=0, hint=2147483646
<0>[  167.302928] drm_fdin-1097      2d.s2. 165741072us : __i915_request_unsubmit: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: fence 1217:2, current 0
<0>[  167.302992] drm_fdin-1097      2d.s2. 165741073us : __i915_request_submit: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: fence 3:4660, current 4659
<0>[  167.303044] drm_fdin-1097      2d.s1. 165741076us : execlists_submission_tasklet: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:3 schedule-in, ccid:40
<0>[  167.303095] drm_fdin-1097      2d.s1. 165741077us : trace_ports: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: submit { ccid:40 3:4660* prio 2147483646 }
<0>[  167.303159] kworker/-89       11..... 165741139us : i915_request_retire.part.0: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: fence c90:2, current 2
<0>[  167.303208] kworker/-89       11..... 165741148us : __intel_context_do_unpin: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:c90 unpin
<0>[  167.303272] kworker/-89       11..... 165741159us : i915_request_retire.part.0: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: fence 1217:2, current 2
<0>[  167.303321] kworker/-89       11..... 165741166us : __intel_context_do_unpin: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:1217 unpin
<0>[  167.303384] kworker/-89       11..... 165741170us : i915_request_retire.part.0: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: fence 3:4660, current 4660
<0>[  167.303434] kworker/-89       11d..1. 165741172us : __intel_context_retire: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:1216 retire runtime: { total:56028ns, avg:56028ns }
<0>[  167.303484] kworker/-89       11..... 165741198us : __engine_park: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: parked
<0>[  167.303534]   <idle>-0         5d.H3. 165741207us : execlists_irq_handler: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: semaphore yield: 00000040
<0>[  167.303583] kworker/-89       11..... 165741397us : __intel_context_retire: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:1217 retire runtime: { total:325575ns, avg:0ns }
<0>[  167.303756] kworker/-89       11..... 165741777us : __intel_context_retire: 0000:00:02.0 rcs0: context:c90 retire runtime: { total:0ns, avg:0ns }
<0>[  167.303806] kworker/-89       11..... 165742017us : __engine_park: __engine_park:283 GEM_BUG_ON(engine->sched_engine->queue_priority_hint != (-((int)(~0U >> 1)) - 1))
<0>[  167.303811] ---------------------------------
<4>[  167.304722] ------------[ cut here ]------------
<2>[  167.304725] kernel BUG at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c:283!
<4>[  167.304731] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
<4>[  167.304734] CPU: 11 PID: 89 Comm: kworker/11:1 Tainted: G        W          6.8.0-rc2-CI_DRM_14193-gc655e0fd2804+ #1
<4>[  167.304736] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Rocket Lake Client Platform/RocketLake S UDIMM 6L RVP, BIOS RKLSFWI1.R00.3173.A03.2204210138 04/21/2022
<4>[  167.304738] Workqueue: i915-unordered retire_work_handler [i915]
<4>[  16
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Weakness: CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26937?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26937?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26937 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26937 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26937 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26937 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26937 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26937/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26937/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26937
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26937
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26937

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26937/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
