CVE-2026-23341 accel/amdxdna: Fix crash when destroying a suspended hardware context
A local attacker can crash the Linux kernel by destroying a suspended AMD XDNA hardware context, causing a denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2026-23341?
CVE-2026-23341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Mar 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 crash when destroying a suspended hardware context
If userspace issues an ioctl to destroy a hardware context that has already been automatically suspended, the driver may crash because the mailbox channel pointer is NULL for the suspended context.
Fix this by checking the mailbox channel pointer in aie2_destroy_context() before accessing it.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23341?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2026-23341?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-23341 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23341, GHSA-g743-x9vq-5fpv, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23341.