CVE-2026-68233 PUBLISHED

drm/vc4: Shut down BO cache timer before teardown

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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

drm/vc4: Shut down BO cache timer before teardown

The BO cache timer callback schedules time_work, and time_work can rearm the timer through vc4_bo_cache_free_old().

vc4_bo_cache_destroy() deletes the timer and then cancels the work, which does not break that cycle: the work being cancelled can rearm the timer, and the timer then queues work again after teardown.

Use timer_shutdown_sync() instead, so the timer cannot be rearmed and the cycle ends with cancel_work_sync().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from c826a6e1064419f78855463cf29ce9e8b9d25bf4 to a38f2724eb93a78ba250b01e0caf3468df4d3956 (excl.)
  • affected from c826a6e1064419f78855463cf29ce9e8b9d25bf4 to bac4c1a9af690b8635c6924872075c41d8763ed9 (excl.)
  • affected from c826a6e1064419f78855463cf29ce9e8b9d25bf4 to 6273dd3ffb54ec581855b82ae77331b66028249c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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