CVE-2026-98180
HIGH 7.1In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: RCU-free the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects Both struct msm_ringbuffer and struct msm_gem_vm embed a struct drm_gpu_scheduler. msm_ringbuffer_destroy() and the VM free callback msm_gem_vm_free() call drm_sched_fini() on the embedded scheduler and then free the containing object with plain kfree(). drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name() returns fence->sched->name, and the scheduler fence keeps a .release callback so it is not ops-detached on signalling. A finished fence exported to userspace (the submit out-fence, or a VM_BIND fence, via sync_file / drm_syncobj) keeps pointing at the embedded scheduler after the ring/VM is freed, so a later get_timeline_name() -- reachable unprivileged through SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO -- dereferences freed slab memory (KASAN slab-use-after-free read). Per the dma-fence lifetime contract the exporter must keep the data backing a signalled fence alive for an RCU grace period. Free the scheduler-containing objects with kfree_rcu() instead of kfree(). Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/750234/
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.1), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.1%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 2nd percentile
Impact if exploited
7.1CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityNone
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
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Weakness (CWE)
Not classified.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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Vendor product assessments
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kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-uki-virt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-ipaclones-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-zfcpdump-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-64k as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-64k-debug-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-abi-stablelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-ipaclones-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-64k-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-uki-virt-addons as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00kernel-zfcpdump-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
Unverified PoC candidates
Catalogue matches for further research. These repositories have not been validated as working exploits.
1 candidate
- https://github.com/MalHyuk/CVE-2026-98180
CVE-2026-98180 — drm/msm use-after-free of the scheduler-containing ring and VM objects (fixed by 01c8d1f385f7)
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-98180
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-18T16:17:25Z
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 7.1 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - HIGH 7.1 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
References
Advisories
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98180.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-93108 EUVD · EUVD-2026-93108
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d81bf4581903b0cba0698cd4d1c07fc6be21754aCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:15:11.540Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:18.327 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/713abac5c04ccbae67f9ac68c3921845535388e7CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:15:11.540Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:18.327 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01c8d1f385f788f1bbbbb7687c4386d614281218CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:15:11.540Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:18.327 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98180 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546360 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98180 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98180 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98180.mbox Red Hat · CVE-2026-98180 · Updated 2026-10-08T14:23:24+00:00