CVE-2024-44979
kernel: drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 4, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault
On driver reload we never free up the memory for the pagefault and access counter workqueues. Add those destroy calls here.
(cherry picked from commit 7586fc52b14e0b8edd0d1f8a434e0de2078b7b2b)
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime