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CVE-2025-37754

drm/i915/huc: Fix fence not released on early probe errors

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/huc: Fix fence not released on early probe errors HuC delayed loading fence, introduced with commit 27536e03271da
("drm/i915/huc: track delayed HuC load with a fence"), is registered with
object tracker early on driver probe but unregistered only from driver
remove, which is not called on early probe errors. Since its memory is
allocated under devres, then released anyway, it may happen to be
allocated again to the fence and reused on future driver probes, resulting
in kernel warnings that taint the kernel: <4> [309.731371] ------------[ cut here ]------------
<3> [309.731373] ODEBUG: init destroyed (active state 0) object: ffff88813d7dd2e0 object type: i915_sw_fence hint: sw_fence_dummy_notify+0x0/0x20 [i915]
<4> [309.731575] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3161 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x93/0xf0
...
<4> [309.731693] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 3161 Comm: i915_module_loa Tainted: G U 6.14.0-CI_DRM_16362-gf0fd77956987+ #1
...
<4> [309.731700] RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x93/0xf0
...
<4> [309.731728] Call Trace:
<4> [309.731730] <TASK>
...
<4> [309.731949] __debug_object_init+0x17b/0x1c0
<4> [309.731957] debug_object_init+0x34/0x50
<4> [309.732126] __i915_sw_fence_init+0x34/0x60 [i915]
<4> [309.732256] intel_huc_init_early+0x4b/0x1d0 [i915]
<4> [309.732468] intel_uc_init_early+0x61/0x680 [i915]
<4> [309.732667] intel_gt_common_init_early+0x105/0x130 [i915]
<4> [309.732804] intel_root_gt_init_early+0x63/0x80 [i915]
<4> [309.732938] i915_driver_probe+0x1fa/0xeb0 [i915]
<4> [309.733075] i915_pci_probe+0xe6/0x220 [i915]
<4> [309.733198] local_pci_probe+0x44/0xb0
<4> [309.733203] pci_device_probe+0xf4/0x270
<4> [309.733209] really_probe+0xee/0x3c0
<4> [309.733215] __driver_probe_device+0x8c/0x180
<4> [309.733219] driver_probe_device+0x24/0xd0
<4> [309.733223] __driver_attach+0x10f/0x220
<4> [309.733230] bus_for_each_dev+0x7d/0xe0
<4> [309.733236] driver_attach+0x1e/0x30
<4> [309.733239] bus_add_driver+0x151/0x290
<4> [309.733244] driver_register+0x5e/0x130
<4> [309.733247] __pci_register_driver+0x7d/0x90
<4> [309.733251] i915_pci_register_driver+0x23/0x30 [i915]
<4> [309.733413] i915_init+0x34/0x120 [i915]
<4> [309.733655] do_one_initcall+0x62/0x3f0
<4> [309.733667] do_init_module+0x97/0x2a0
<4> [309.733671] load_module+0x25ff/0x2890
<4> [309.733688] init_module_from_file+0x97/0xe0
<4> [309.733701] idempotent_init_module+0x118/0x330
<4> [309.733711] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x77/0x100
<4> [309.733715] x64_sys_call+0x1f37/0x2650
<4> [309.733719] do_syscall_64+0x91/0x180
<4> [309.733763] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
<4> [309.733792] </TASK>
...
<4> [309.733806] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- That scenario is most easily reproducible with
igt@i915_module_load@reload-with-fault-injection. Fix the issue by moving the cleanup step to driver release path. (cherry picked from commit 795dbde92fe5c6996a02a5b579481de73035e7bf)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/huc: Fix fence not released on early probe errors HuC delayed loading fence, introduced with commit 27536e03271da ("drm/i915/huc: track delayed HuC load with a fence"), is registered with object tracker early on driver probe but unregistered only from driver remove, which is not called on early probe errors. Since its memory is allocated under devres, then released anyway, it may happen to be allocated again to the fence and reused on future driver probes, resulting in kernel warnings that taint the kernel: <4> [309.731371] ------------[ cut here ]------------ <3> [309.731373] ODEBUG: init destroyed (active state 0) object: ffff88813d7dd2e0 object type: i915_sw_fence hint: sw_fence_dummy_notify+0x0/0x20 [i915] <4> [309.731575] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3161 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x93/0xf0 ... <4> [309.731693] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 3161 Comm: i915_module_loa Tainted: G U 6.14.0-CI_DRM_16362-gf0fd77956987+ #1 ... <4> [309.731700] RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x93/0xf0 ... <4> [309.731728] Call Trace: <4> [309.731730] <TASK> ... <4> [309.731949] __debug_object_init+0x17b/0x1c0 <4> [309.731957] debug_object_init+0x34/0x50 <4> [309.732126] __i915_sw_fence_init+0x34/0x60 [i915] <4> [309.732256] intel_huc_init_early+0x4b/0x1d0 [i915] <4> [309.732468] intel_uc_init_early+0x61/0x680 [i915] <4> [309.732667] intel_gt_common_init_early+0x105/0x130 [i915] <4> [309.732804] intel_root_gt_init_early+0x63/0x80 [i915] <4> [309.732938] i915_driver_probe+0x1fa/0xeb0 [i915] <4> [309.733075] i915_pci_probe+0xe6/0x220 [i915] <4> [309.733198] local_pci_probe+0x44/0xb0 <4> [309.733203] pci_device_probe+0xf4/0x270 <4> [309.733209] really_probe+0xee/0x3c0 <4> [309.733215] __driver_probe_device+0x8c/0x180 <4> [309.733219] driver_probe_device+0x24/0xd0 <4> [309.733223] __driver_attach+0x10f/0x220 <4> [309.733230] bus_for_each_dev+0x7d/0xe0 <4> [309.733236] driver_attach+0x1e/0x30 <4> [309.733239] bus_add_driver+0x151/0x290 <4> [309.733244] driver_register+0x5e/0x130 <4> [309.733247] __pci_register_driver+0x7d/0x90 <4> [309.733251] i915_pci_register_driver+0x23/0x30 [i915] <4> [309.733413] i915_init+0x34/0x120 [i915] <4> [309.733655] do_one_initcall+0x62/0x3f0 <4> [309.733667] do_init_module+0x97/0x2a0 <4> [309.733671] load_module+0x25ff/0x2890 <4> [309.733688] init_module_from_file+0x97/0xe0 <4> [309.733701] idempotent_init_module+0x118/0x330 <4> [309.733711] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x77/0x100 <4> [309.733715] x64_sys_call+0x1f37/0x2650 <4> [309.733719] do_syscall_64+0x91/0x180 <4> [309.733763] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e <4> [309.733792] </TASK> ... <4> [309.733806] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- That scenario is most easily reproducible with igt@i915_module_load@reload-with-fault-injection. Fix the issue by moving the cleanup step to driver release path. (cherry picked from commit 795dbde92fe5c6996a02a5b579481de73035e7bf)

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-02 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-05-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.2 < 6.6.88
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.2 < 6.12.24
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.2 < 6.13.12
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Linux
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>= 6.2 < 6.14.3
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Linux
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>= 6.2 < 6.15-rc2
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