CVE-2026-64098
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/virtio: use uninterruptible resv lock for plane updates
virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update() and virtio_gpu_resource_flush() lock
the framebuffer BO's dma_resv via virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv() and
ignore its return value. The function can fail with -EINTR from
dma_resv_lock_interruptible() (signal during lock wait) or with
-ENOMEM from dma_resv_reserve_fences() (fence slot allocation),
leaving the resv lock not held. The queue path then walks the object
array and calls dma_resv_add_fence(), which requires the lock held;
with lockdep enabled this trips dma_resv_assert_held():
WARNING: drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c:296 at dma_resv_add_fence+0x71e/0x840
Call Trace:
virtio_gpu_array_add_fence
virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs
virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer
virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update
drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes
drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail
commit_tail
drm_atomic_helper_commit
drm_atomic_commit
drm_atomic_helper_update_plane
__setplane_atomic
drm_mode_cursor_universal
drm_mode_cursor_common
drm_mode_cursor_ioctl
drm_ioctl
__x64_sys_ioctl
Beyond the WARN, mutating the dma_resv fence list without the lock
races with concurrent readers/writers and can corrupt the list.
Both call sites run inside the .atomic_update plane callback, which
DRM atomic helpers do not allow to fail (by the time it runs, the
commit has been signed off to userspace and there is no clean
rollback path). Moving the lock acquisition to .prepare_fb was
rejected because the broader lock scope deadlocks against other BO
locking paths in the same atomic commit.
Introduce virtio_gpu_lock_one_resv_uninterruptible() that uses
dma_resv_lock() instead of dma_resv_lock_interruptible(). This
eliminates the -EINTR failure mode -- the realistic syzbot trigger
-- without extending the lock hold across the commit. The helper
locks a single BO and rejects nents > 1 with -EINVAL; both fix
site
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple kernel vulnerabilities across architectures and driver subsystems including AMD processor microarchitectural flaws and cache isolation issues.
- Who is affected
- NVIDIA BaseOS systems running affected Linux kernel versions.
- Urgency
- Moderate; privilege escalation and DoS vectors present, primarily requiring local access.
- Action
- Apply USN-8664-1 kernel security update for NVIDIA BaseOS.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.15% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (6)
- unknownUSN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-08-20
- unknownUSN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-08-20
- highUSN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-28
- highUSN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-24
- highUSN-8593-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-23
- highCVE-2026-64098: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: use uninterrup…nvd · 2026-07-19
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