# CVE-2025-71099: drm/xe/oa: Fix potential UAF in xe_oa_add_config_ioctl()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU driver allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via a race condition.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-71099, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71099, GHSA-wx5q-w2fh-f8w8, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71099

## What is CVE-2025-71099?

CVE-2025-71099 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Jan 2026. 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/oa: Fix potential UAF in xe_oa_add_config_ioctl()

In xe_oa_add_config_ioctl(), we accessed oa_config->id after dropping
metrics_lock. Since this lock protects the lifetime of oa_config, an
attacker could guess the id and call xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl() with
perfect timing, freeing oa_config before we dereference it, leading to
a potential use-after-free.

Fix this by caching the id in a local variable while holding the lock.

v2: (Matt A)
- Dropped mutex_unlock(&oa->metrics_lock) ordering change from
  xe_oa_remove_config_ioctl()

(cherry picked from commit 28aeaed130e8e587fd1b73b6d66ca41ccc5a1a31)

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71099?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-71099?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-71099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2025-71099 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71099 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Jan 2026. 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-2025-71099 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-2025-71099/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71099/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71099
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71099
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71099

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