# CVE-2025-23162: drm/xe/vf: Don't try to trigger a full GT reset if VF

> A bug in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU driver causes a warning and potential instability when a Virtual Function attempts a GT reset, leading to denial of service.

- **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 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-23162, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23162, GHSA-rvcv-v2wq-wg64, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-23162, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-23162, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23162

## What is CVE-2025-23162?

CVE-2025-23162 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. 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/xe/vf: Don't try to trigger a full GT reset if VF

VFs don't have access to the GDRST(0x941c) register that driver
uses to reset a GT. Attempt to trigger a reset using debugfs:

 $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0000:00:02.1/gt0/force_reset

or due to a hang condition detected by the driver leads to:

 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm] GT0: trying reset from force_reset [xe]
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm] GT0: reset queued
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm] GT0: reset started
 [ ] ------------[ cut here ]------------
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm] GT0: VF is trying to write 0x1 to an inaccessible register 0x941c+0x0
 [ ] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 3069 at drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_sriov_vf.c:996 xe_gt_sriov_vf_write32+0xc6/0x580 [xe]
 [ ] RIP: 0010:xe_gt_sriov_vf_write32+0xc6/0x580 [xe]
 [ ] Call Trace:
 [ ]  <TASK>
 [ ]  ? show_regs+0x6c/0x80
 [ ]  ? __warn+0x93/0x1c0
 [ ]  ? xe_gt_sriov_vf_write32+0xc6/0x580 [xe]
 [ ]  ? report_bug+0x182/0x1b0
 [ ]  ? handle_bug+0x6e/0xb0
 [ ]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80
 [ ]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
 [ ]  ? xe_gt_sriov_vf_write32+0xc6/0x580 [xe]
 [ ]  ? xe_gt_sriov_vf_write32+0xc6/0x580 [xe]
 [ ]  ? xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_reset+0xef/0x110 [xe]
 [ ]  ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x41/0x2e0
 [ ]  xe_mmio_write32+0x64/0x150 [xe]
 [ ]  do_gt_reset+0x2f/0xa0 [xe]
 [ ]  gt_reset_worker+0x14e/0x1e0 [xe]
 [ ]  process_one_work+0x21c/0x740
 [ ]  worker_thread+0x1db/0x3c0

Fix that by sending H2G VF_RESET(0x5507) action instead.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23162?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23162?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-23162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23162 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23162 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. 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-2025-23162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2025-23162/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23162/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23162
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23162
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23162

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