CVE-2026-98949 drm/imagination: Fix reference and vm_bo handling in remap()
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-98949?
CVE-2026-98949 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/imagination: Fix reference and vm_bo handling in remap()
When a map overlaps part of an existing mapping, pvr_vm_gpuva_remap() splits the mapping into prev/next parts covering what the request did not take, instead of creating something new. It gets two things wrong.
- A GEM reference is taken for each part but it's never needed and never dropped, so it leaks one reference per split (remap-next-in-2m in tests/imagination/pvr_vm_map.c):
CRITICAL: 33558528 bytes of shmem still held after close
- The parts still belong to the original object being split, but pvr_vm_gpuva_remap() links them to ctx->gpuvm_bo, the new object's vm_bo:
prev_va --obj--> BO_A BO_B <--obj-- vm_bo (ctx->gpuvm_bo) \___________link___________/ (mismatch: BO_A != BO_B)
drm_gpuva_link() catches the mismatch:
WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gpuvm.c:2108 at drm_gpuva_link+0x2ec/0x310 drm_WARN_ON(obj != vm_bo->obj) Call trace: drm_gpuva_link pvr_vm_gpuva_remap __drm_gpuvm_sm_map pvr_vm_map pvr_ioctl_vm_map
Link them to op->remap.unmap->va->vm_bo instead.
The locking of the GPUVA lists of the other objects touched by a split is not addressed here; it is handled by switching the GPUVM to immediate mode.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-98949?
How do I fix CVE-2026-98949?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-98949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98949 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-98949, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98949, GHSA-5cm7-74mx-p47m, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98949.