CVE-2026-89807 PUBLISHED

drm/amdkfd: guard against NULL restore_mqd in CRIU queue restore

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

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

drm/amdkfd: guard against NULL restore_mqd in CRIU queue restore

Both create_queue_cpsch() and create_queue_nocpsch() unconditionally call mqd_mgr->restore_mqd() when a CRIU restore is in progress (qd != NULL), with no NULL guard. On any system where restore_mqd is not implemented for the given queue type, a user holding CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE can trigger a kernel NULL pointer dereference and panic the machine by issuing KFD_IOC_CRIU_OP_RESTORE with a crafted queue restore object. Note that checkpoint_mqd is likewise unimplemented on GFX12, so no legitimate CRIU image can reach this path — only a hand-crafted restore payload.

Add a NULL guard for restore_mqd immediately after mqd_mgr is resolved, unwinding via the existing error labels and returning -EOPNOTSUPP if the callback is not implemented. This mirrors the existing checkpoint_mqd guard in checkpoint_mqd().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 48f0bdf4e38e42b8285622cfcfc7e6e490b1a719 to 19c73848493ab58e39649700da6de11710a36de1 (excl.)
  • affected from 48f0bdf4e38e42b8285622cfcfc7e6e490b1a719 to ebffa44e7a21ead59ac4b4264e8fc2cbb44c4a21 (excl.)
  • affected from 48f0bdf4e38e42b8285622cfcfc7e6e490b1a719 to c643c229babe2e8efc5eefe60e19d44868a643ff (excl.)
  • affected from 48f0bdf4e38e42b8285622cfcfc7e6e490b1a719 to 6aa530642f95d5c48aa336416f94a35e7949b647 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.51 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.5 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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