{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-68802","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T10:30:51.045Z","datePublished":"2026-01-13T15:29:11.079Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:53:37.315Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:53:37.315Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe: Limit num_syncs to prevent oversized allocations\n\nThe exec and vm_bind ioctl allow userspace to specify an arbitrary\nnum_syncs value. Without bounds checking, a very large num_syncs\ncan force an excessively large allocation, leading to kernel warnings\nfrom the page allocator as below.\n\nIntroduce DRM_XE_MAX_SYNCS (set to 1024) and reject any request\nexceeding this limit.\n\n\"\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1217 at mm/page_alloc.c:5124 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x2f8/0x2180 mm/page_alloc.c:5124\n...\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n alloc_pages_mpol+0xe4/0x330 mm/mempolicy.c:2416\n ___kmalloc_large_node+0xd8/0x110 mm/slub.c:4317\n __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x18/0xe0 mm/slub.c:4348\n __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4364 [inline]\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x3d4/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:4388\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:909 [inline]\n kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:948 [inline]\n xe_exec_ioctl+0xa47/0x1e70 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c:158\n drm_ioctl_kernel+0x1f1/0x3e0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:797\n drm_ioctl+0x5e7/0xc50 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:894\n xe_drm_ioctl+0x10b/0x170 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c:224\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:584 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:584\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x380 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n...\n\"\n\nv2: Add \"Reported-by\" and Cc stable kernels.\nv3: Change XE_MAX_SYNCS from 64 to 1024. (Matt & Ashutosh)\nv4: s/XE_MAX_SYNCS/DRM_XE_MAX_SYNCS/ (Matt)\nv5: Do the check at the top of the exec func. (Matt)\n\n(cherry picked from commit b07bac9bd708ec468cd1b8a5fe70ae2ac9b0a11c)"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c","drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c","include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h"],"versions":[{"version":"dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987","lessThan":"e281d1fd6903a081ef023c341145ae92258e38d2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987","lessThan":"1d200017f55f829b9e376093bd31dfbec92081de","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987","lessThan":"8e461304009135270e9ccf2d7e2dfe29daec9b60","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c","drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c","include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h"],"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.64","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.64"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e281d1fd6903a081ef023c341145ae92258e38d2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d200017f55f829b9e376093bd31dfbec92081de"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e461304009135270e9ccf2d7e2dfe29daec9b60"}],"title":"drm/xe: Limit num_syncs to prevent oversized allocations","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}