Service interruption via ivpu buffer teardown race
Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Dec 24, 2025
Race condition in the ivpu GEM teardown path in affected Linux 6.x kernels allows local users to cause a service interrupt during context teardown. ivpu_gem_bo_free() removes a buffer object from the file's BO list before unmapping it, so file_priv_unbind() reaches drm_mm_takedown() with stale mappings during concurrent teardown. Reachability requires local low-privilege access and use of the Intel VPU buffer-object path; the published impact is service interruption without reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in the ivpu GEM teardown path in affected Linux 6.x kernels allows local users to cause a service interrupt during context teardown. ivpu_gem_bo_free() removes a buffer object from the file's BO list before unmapping it, so file_priv_unbind() reaches drm_mm_takedown() with stale mappings during concurrent teardown. Reachability requires local low-privilege access and use of the Intel VPU buffer-object path; the published impact is service interruption without reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-68749
- Published
- Dec 24, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 24, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=48aea7f2a2efae6a1bd201061c71a81b3f3b7e55 <00812636df370bedf4e44a0c81b86ea96bca8628
- Affected versionversion=48aea7f2a2efae6a1bd201061c71a81b3f3b7e55 <d71333ffdd3707d84cfb95acfaf8ba892adc066b
- Affected versionversion=48aea7f2a2efae6a1bd201061c71a81b3f3b7e55 <fb16493ebd8f171bcf0772262619618a131f30f7
- Affected versionversion=6.8
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