In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdkfd: Fix lock dependency warning with srcu
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.5.0-kfd-yangp #2289 Not tainted
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kworker/0:2/996 is trying to acquire lock:
(srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __synchronize_srcu+0x5/0x1a0
but task is already holding lock:
((work_completion)(&svms->deferred_list_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:
process_one_work+0x211/0x560
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #3 ((work_completion)(&svms->deferred_list_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
__flush_work+0x88/0x4f0
svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work+0x3d/0x110 [amdgpu]
svm_range_set_attr+0xd6/0x14c0 [amdgpu]
kfd_ioctl+0x1d1/0x630 [amdgpu]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xc0
-> #2 (&info->lock#2){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__mutex_lock+0x99/0xc70
amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_restore_process_bos+0x54/0x740 [amdgpu]
restore_process_helper+0x22/0x80 [amdgpu]
restore_process_worker+0x2d/0xa0 [amdgpu]
process_one_work+0x29b/0x560
worker_thread+0x3d/0x3d0
-> #1 ((work_completion)(&(&process->restore_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
__flush_work+0x88/0x4f0
__cancel_work_timer+0x12c/0x1c0
kfd_process_notifier_release_internal+0x37/0x1f0 [amdgpu]
__mmu_notifier_release+0xad/0x240
exit_mmap+0x6a/0x3a0
mmput+0x6a/0x120
do_exit+0x322/0xb90
do_group_exit+0x37/0xa0
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x18/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80
-> #0 (srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}:
__lock_acquire+0x1521/0x2510
lock_sync+0x5f/0x90
__synchronize_srcu+0x4f/0x1a0
__mmu_notifier_release+0x128/0x240
exit_mmap+0x6a/0x3a0
mmput+0x6a/0x120
svm_range_deferred_list_work+0x19f/0x350 [amdgpu]
process_one_work+0x29b/0x560
worker_thread+0x3d/0x3d0
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
srcu --> &info->lock#2 --> (work_completion)(&svms->deferred_list_work)
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
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lock((work_completion)(&svms->deferred_list_work));
lock(&info->lock#2);
lock((work_completion)(&svms->deferred_list_work));
sync(srcu);
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it