GHSA-HVP2-XG6J-P7J9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:33In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/nouveau: fix reversed error cleanup order in ucopy functions
nouveau_uvmm_vm_bind_ucopy() and nouveau_exec_ucopy() place their error cleanup labels in allocation order rather than reverse allocation order. On a u_memcpya() failure for in_sync.s, the goto to err_free_ops (or err_free_pushs) frees the first allocation and then falls through to err_free_ins, which calls u_free() on args->in_sync.s.
Since args->in_sync.s still holds the ERR_PTR returned by the failed u_memcpya(), and ERR_PTR values are not caught by ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(), kvfree() proceeds to dereference it, which can result in a kernel oops. A failure for out_sync.s instead jumps to err_free_ins and skips freeing the first allocation, leading to a memory leak.
Fix by swapping the cleanup label order so resources are freed in the correct reverse allocation sequence.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-68271"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-10T13:20:16Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/nouveau: fix reversed error cleanup order in ucopy functions\n\nnouveau_uvmm_vm_bind_ucopy() and nouveau_exec_ucopy() place their error\ncleanup labels in allocation order rather than reverse allocation order.\nOn a u_memcpya() failure for in_sync.s, the goto to err_free_ops (or\nerr_free_pushs) frees the first allocation and then falls through to\nerr_free_ins, which calls u_free() on args-\u003ein_sync.s.\n\nSince args-\u003ein_sync.s still holds the ERR_PTR returned by the failed\nu_memcpya(), and ERR_PTR values are not caught by ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(),\nkvfree() proceeds to dereference it, which can result in a kernel oops.\nA failure for out_sync.s instead jumps to err_free_ins and skips freeing\nthe first allocation, leading to a memory leak.\n\nFix by swapping the cleanup label order so resources are freed in the\ncorrect reverse allocation sequence.",
"id": "GHSA-hvp2-xg6j-p7j9",
"modified": "2026-08-10T15:33:44Z",
"published": "2026-08-10T15:33:44Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68271"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2473ac314387a5def7244eb6d6a345934ed140bf"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e109faa9ea2b6c04cc5a99e76db3126575a59d1"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab99ead646b1b833ecd57fe577a2816f2e848167"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15c25c7972d38a9f6bf8c3f7f29179a67263eba"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebbaf64d2635d1e78196c067fa8fa582a7dc17f7"
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