CVE-2026-23341 accel/amdxdna: Fix crash when destroying a suspended hardware context

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23341, GHSA-g743-x9vq-5fpv, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23341.

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