Local service interruption via null scheduler queue
Published Apr 2, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel 6.7 and 6.8 AMDGPU DRM scheduler code allows local users to crash the kernel via an ioctl. The amdgpu_cs_wait_ioctl path treats a wait with no previously submitted job as successful, passes a NULL sched_rq into drm_sched_entity_init, and dereferences it. Triggering the fault requires a valid AMDGPU context on AMD GPU hardware and interrupts the host with a kernel oops.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel 6.7 and 6.8 AMDGPU DRM scheduler code allows local users to crash the kernel via an ioctl. The amdgpu_cs_wait_ioctl path treats a wait with no previously submitted job as successful, passes a NULL sched_rq into drm_sched_entity_init, and dereferences it. Triggering the fault requires a valid AMDGPU context on AMD GPU hardware and interrupts the host with a kernel oops.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26657
- Published
- Apr 2, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=56e449603f0ac580700621a356d35d5716a62ce5 <54b5b7275dfdec35812ccce70930cd7c4ee612b2
- Affected versionversion=56e449603f0ac580700621a356d35d5716a62ce5 <74cd204c7afe498aa9dcc3ebf0ecac53d477a429
- Affected versionversion=56e449603f0ac580700621a356d35d5716a62ce5 <f34e8bb7d6c6626933fe993e03ed59ae85e16abb
- Affected versionversion=6.7
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