CVE-2026-72095

dma-fence: Make dma_fence_dedup_array() robust against 0-count input

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Aug 9, 2026

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Description

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

dma-fence: Make dma_fence_dedup_array() robust against 0-count input

dma_fence_dedup_array() returns 1 when called with num_fences == 0: the for-loop body never executes, j stays at 0, and the final `return ++j` yields 1. This contradicts both the kernel-doc ("Return: Number of unique fences remaining in the array") and the natural expectation that 0 input gives 0 output.

The caller __dma_fence_unwrap_merge() bails out via the `if (count == 0 || count == 1)` fast path and so is save.

But amdgpu_userq_wait_*() could reach the dedup call with a zero local count and dereference an uninitialized fence slot in the array.

Make the contract match the documentation by returning 0 early. This also skips an unnecessary sort() call on an empty array.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 575ec9b0c2f11f40535ea737ed5a64792780d1ef to before 7aa8f3dba53422465dbe1be8dbb7240304462bb2Affected
  • 575ec9b0c2f11f40535ea737ed5a64792780d1ef to before e2d9a2ea178a5da0b4a6693e8ebca5c7fc4d7051Affected
  • 575ec9b0c2f11f40535ea737ed5a64792780d1ef to before 77a9298741f8f9e8b963c977f5582ab21c6d3427Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.16Affected
  • before 6.16Not affected
  • 6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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