Local unpin underflow via premature buffer unpin
Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026
Resource lifecycle error in Linux kernel 5.17 allows local users to trigger an AMDGPU buffer-object unpin underflow warning. amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_free_memory_of_gpu() unpins a mapped DOORBELL or MMIO remap buffer before its mapped-state check returns -EBUSY, leaving the live object to be unpinned again during teardown. Triggering the warning requires an affected AMD KFD path, a buffer that remains mapped when freeing is attempted, and later process teardown; no crash, privilege gain, or data exposure is reported.
Summary
What happened
Resource lifecycle error in Linux kernel 5.17 allows local users to trigger an AMDGPU buffer-object unpin underflow warning. amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_free_memory_of_gpu() unpins a mapped DOORBELL or MMIO remap buffer before its mapped-state check returns -EBUSY, leaving the live object to be unpinned again during teardown. Triggering the warning requires an affected AMD KFD path, a buffer that remains mapped when freeing is attempted, and later process teardown; no crash, privilege gain, or data exposure is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80618
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.17
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <0e27d92f69b8e4c750a4b181cc05a86b9338c4f5
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <1d12ae8b079e173107abec0e5817332954c8e95f
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <283e77af49fda96aaa57709fc5408b55ffec075e
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <3f0cc1735273a57c5116710cf0202e12152f59cc
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <461ae406ae12107ebb321cabe561434c27aaea58
- Affected versionversion=d25e35bc26c3ca8cd728101545cfb3e86a5d7431 <c055a2088b719e9a4b580685e0ca97f9554a41a8
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