CVE-2026-31490 drm/xe/pf: Fix use-after-free in migration restore

What is CVE-2026-31490?

CVE-2026-31490 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Apr 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/pf: Fix use-after-free in migration restore

When an error is returned from xe_sriov_pf_migration_restore_produce(), the data pointer is not set to NULL, which can trigger use-after-free in subsequent .write() calls. Set the pointer to NULL upon error to fix the problem.

(cherry picked from commit 4f53d8c6d23527d734fe3531d08e15cb170a0819)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-31490?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-31490?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2026-31490 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31490 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31490, GHSA-v5px-6xp4-rw9f, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31490.