CVE-2025-38355

  • Published: 2025-07-25T13:15:24.240

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

drm/xe: Process deferred GGTT node removals on device unwind

While we are indirectly draining our dedicated workqueue ggtt->wq
that we use to complete asynchronous removal of some GGTT nodes,
this happends as part of the managed-drm unwinding (ggtt_fini_early),
which could be later then manage-device unwinding, where we could
already unmap our MMIO/GMS mapping (mmio_fini).

This was recently observed during unsuccessful VF initialization:

[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: probe with driver xe failed with error -62
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747340 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747540 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747240 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747040 tiles_fini (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e746840 mmio_fini (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747f40 xe_bo_pinned_fini (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e746b40 devm_drm_dev_init_release (16 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] drmres release begin
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef81640 __fini_relay (8 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80d40 guc_ct_fini (8 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80040 __drmm_mutex_release (8 bytes)
[ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80140 ggtt_fini_early (8 bytes)

and this was leading to:

[ ] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900058162a0
[ ] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ ] #PF: error_code(0x0002) – not-present page
[ ] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ ] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ ] Workqueue: xe-ggtt-wq ggtt_node_remove_work_func [xe]
[ ] RIP: 0010:xe_ggtt_set_pte+0x6d/0x350 [xe]
[ ] Call Trace:
[ ]
[ ] xe_ggtt_clear+0xb0/0x270 [xe]
[ ] ggtt_node_remove+0xbb/0x120 [xe]
[ ] ggtt_node_remove_work_func+0x30/0x50 [xe]
[ ] process_one_work+0x22b/0x6f0
[ ] worker_thread+0x1e8/0x3d

Add managed-device action that will explicitly drain the workqueue
with all pending node removals prior to releasing MMIO/GSM mapping.

(cherry picked from commit 89d2835c3680ab1938e22ad81b1c9f8c686bd391)

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How to fix CVE-2025-38355

CVE-2025-38355 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Process deferred GGTT node removals on device unwind While we are indirectly draining our dedicated workqueue ggtt->wq that we use to complete asynchronous removal of some GGTT nodes, this happends as part of the managed-drm unwinding (ggtt_fini_early), which could be later then manage-device unwinding, […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Jul 25, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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