Unscored severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-99090
drm/amdgpu: serialize vblank counter reads against GPU reset
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: serialize vblank counter reads against GPU reset
The vblank counter callback reads display registers and scanout
position without holding reset_domain->sem. During GPU recovery,
display commit work can call the callback while reset owns the
semaphore for writing. The hardware access then triggers the
lockdep_assert_held() in amdgpu_device_skip_hw_access() and sets
TAINT_WARN when lockdep is enabled.
Try to acquire the reset semaphore for reading before accessing the
hardware, and hold it across the counter and scanout-position reads.
If reset is already in progress, return DRM's cached software vblank
count instead. This avoids blocking behind reset and avoids accessing
display hardware while it is being reset.
The cached count is less accurate than the hardware count, but is
used only when reset prevents a safe hardware read. This addresses
the reset-time warning from this vblank path; it does not suppress or
fix unrelated lockdep warnings.
(cherry picked from commit 51a4359f7431a4be5e42803c8bdaf7e0e5be2934)
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 before 037796d9ca1da97978deaefd88ca5649f6cb69f5; d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 before 11b6193c8841a052b7907006ffb1e02468b1448e; d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 before 8d6f773d7479034a574ecc3b585bcd07d46b4824; d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 before f4a0a1ce147d1a6e428d7cb5e3b99fd695139fc7; d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21 before 1a6023edfbb5673f55fab6348f135fb3b1428ea5; 4.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99090
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99090
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037796d9ca1da97978deaefd88ca5649f6cb69f5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11b6193c8841a052b7907006ffb1e02468b1448e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6023edfbb5673f55fab6348f135fb3b1428ea5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6f773d7479034a574ecc3b585bcd07d46b4824
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4a0a1ce147d1a6e428d7cb5e3b99fd695139fc7
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