CVE-2026-98905
kernel: drm/amdkfd: Properly acquire queue buffers in CRIU restore
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 23, 2026
Updated · October 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver. This vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service (DoS) and crash the system during Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace (CRIU) operations. The issue occurs because the driver fails to properly acquire and initialize queue buffers when restoring process queues, leading to an unexpected null pointer dereference.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference