CVE-2026-45979 drm/amdgpu: clean up the amdgpu_cs_parser_bos

What is CVE-2026-45979?

CVE-2026-45979 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:

drm/amdgpu: clean up the amdgpu_cs_parser_bos

In low memory conditions, kmalloc can fail. In such conditions unlock the mutex for a clean exit.

We do not need to amdgpu_bo_list_put as it's been handled in the amdgpu_cs_parser_fini.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-45979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-45979?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-45979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-45979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-83qm-f4cg-87hh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-45979.