CVE-2023-53351

drm/sched: Check scheduler work queue before calling timeout handling

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Sep 17, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Sep 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/sched: Check scheduler work queue before calling timeout handling

During an IGT GPU reset test we see again oops despite of commit 0c8c901aaaebc9 (drm/sched: Check scheduler ready before calling timeout handling).

It uses ready condition whether to call drm_sched_fault which unwind the TDR leads to GPU reset. However it looks the ready condition is overloaded with other meanings, for example, for the following stack is related GPU reset :

0 gfx_v9_0_cp_gfx_start 1 gfx_v9_0_cp_gfx_resume 2 gfx_v9_0_cp_resume 3 gfx_v9_0_hw_init 4 gfx_v9_0_resume 5 amdgpu_device_ip_resume_phase2

does the following: /* start the ring */ gfx_v9_0_cp_gfx_start(adev); ring->sched.ready = true;

The same approach is for other ASICs as well : gfx_v8_0_cp_gfx_resume gfx_v10_0_kiq_resume, etc...

As a result, our GPU reset test causes GPU fault which calls unconditionally gfx_v9_0_fault and then drm_sched_fault. However now it depends on whether the interrupt service routine drm_sched_fault is executed after gfx_v9_0_cp_gfx_start is completed which sets the ready field of the scheduler to true even for uninitialized schedulers and causes oops vs no fault or when ISR drm_sched_fault is completed prior gfx_v9_0_cp_gfx_start and NULL pointer dereference does not occur.

Use the field timeout_wq to prevent oops for uninitialized schedulers. The field could be initialized by the work queue of resetting the domain.

v1: Corrections to commit message (Luben)

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 11b3b9f461c5c4f700f6c8da202fcc2fd6418e1f to before c43a96fc00b662cef1ef0eb22d40441ce2abae8fAffected
  • 11b3b9f461c5c4f700f6c8da202fcc2fd6418e1f to before 2da5bffe9eaa5819a868e8eaaa11b3fd0f16a691Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.3Affected
  • before 6.3Not affected
  • 6.3.4 through 6.3.*Not affected
  • 6.4 and laterNot affected

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