CVE-2026-97498 drm/amdgpu/userq: pin mqd and fw object bo to avoid eviction
Local attackers can trigger system hangs by causing eviction of pinned GPU memory objects in the amdgpu driver.
- 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-2026-97498?
CVE-2026-97498 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Sep 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/userq: pin mqd and fw object bo to avoid eviction
mqd and fw objects are queue core objects which should remain valid and never be unmapped and evicted for user queues to work properly.
During eviction if these buffers are evicted the hw continue to use the invalid addresses and caused page faults and system hung.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97498?
How do I fix CVE-2026-97498?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-97498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-103976, BELL-CVE-2026-97498, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97498, GHSA-v8mw-gxj3-q348, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97498.