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CVE-2026-97422

drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak

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Severity and exploitation

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KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 21:25:33 UTC

Severity

unknown

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Known exploitation

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

The Linux kernel has a vulnerability where the kfd_smi_ev_enabled() function skips the suser privilege check, allowing any /dev/kfd user in the render group to monitor all GPU workloads. This affects Linux kernel versions starting from 5.9. The vulnerability is an information leak.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Linux · Linux

Linux

5 ranges
Linux version evidence

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affected

938a0650aae6275ba8e924685836bdee2c6aa3db → before b8151aeb4f34e913315058c192f78fea2223f36a

git versions

938a0650aae6275ba8e924685836bdee2c6aa3db → before 6fc7ab7fcd7eefb2f371a1d43cf7a860a08f922a

git versions

938a0650aae6275ba8e924685836bdee2c6aa3db → before 470319a893f616ef661a63e825a8e1b9b6eddb91

git versions

938a0650aae6275ba8e924685836bdee2c6aa3db → before 5bb2dfa65d8da83e87b2a31c270bc567df69a5ca

git versions

938a0650aae6275ba8e924685836bdee2c6aa3db → before 92a8dba246d371fe268280e5fd74b0955688e6df

git versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Linux · Linux

Linux

7 ranges
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affected

5.9

unaffected

0 → before 5.9

semver versions

6.1.191 → through 6.1.*

semver versions

6.6.160 → through 6.6.*

semver versions

6.12.114 → through 6.12.*

semver versions

6.18.53 → through 6.18.*

semver versions

7.2 → through *

original_commit_for_fix versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdkfd: fix SMI event cross-process information leak

kfd_smi_ev_enabled() skips the suser privilege check when pid=0. PROCESS_START, PROCESS_END, and VMFAULT events are emitted with pid=0 while carrying another process's PID and command name, so any /dev/kfd user in the render group can monitor all GPU workloads.

Pass the target process PID into kfd_smi_event_add() for these events so the existing per-client filter restricts delivery to the owning process or CAP_SYS_ADMIN subscribers.

References

5 sources
git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8151aeb4f34e913315058c192f78fea2223f36a
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fc7ab7fcd7eefb2f371a1d43cf7a860a08f922a
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/470319a893f616ef661a63e825a8e1b9b6eddb91
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb2dfa65d8da83e87b2a31c270bc567df69a5ca
Source referenceLinux
git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a8dba246d371fe268280e5fd74b0955688e6df
Source referenceLinux

Inside the record

Evidence available

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CVE-2026-97422

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Environment requirements

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Linux · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.9

Before: 6.1.191

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.9

Before: 6.6.160

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.9

Before: 6.12.114

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.9

Before: 6.18.53

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.9

Before: 7.2

Applicability preview
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Linux

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2026-10-30

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