# CVE-2025-71303: accel/amdxdna: Fix race condition when checking rpm_on

> A race condition in the AMD XDNA driver allows userspace to submit commands during suspend, causing unexpected behavior and potential denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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:** 27 May 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9hw7-7g65-g445, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71303

## What is CVE-2025-71303?

CVE-2025-71303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 May 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:

accel/amdxdna: Fix race condition when checking rpm_on

When autosuspend is triggered, driver rpm_on flag is set to indicate that
a suspend/resume is already in progress. However, when a userspace
application submits a command during this narrow window,
amdxdna_pm_resume_get() may incorrectly skip the resume operation because
the rpm_on flag is still set. This results in commands being submitted
while the device has not actually resumed, causing unexpected behavior.

The set_dpm() is called by suspend/resume, it relied on rpm_on flag to
avoid calling into rpm suspend/resume recursivly. So to fix this, remove
the use of the rpm_on flag entirely. Instead, introduce aie2_pm_set_dpm()
which explicitly resumes the device before invoking set_dpm(). With this
change, set_dpm() is called directly inside the suspend or resume execution
path. Otherwise, aie2_pm_set_dpm() is called.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71303?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-71303?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-71303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-71303 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 May 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-2025-71303 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-2025-71303/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71303/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71303
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71303
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71303

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