🛡️ CVE-2025-68203 — kernel
Description
drm/amdgpu: fix lock warning in amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: fix lock warning in amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process
Fix a potential deadlock caused by inconsistent spinlock usage
between interrupt and process contexts in the userq fence driver.
The issue occurs when amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process() is called
from both:
- Interrupt context: gfx_v11_0_eop_irq() -> amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process()
- Process context: amdgpu_eviction_fence_suspend_worker() ->
amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_force_completion() -> amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process()
In interrupt context, the spinlock was acquired without disabling
interrupts, leaving it in {IN-HARDIRQ-W} state. When the same lock
is acquired in process context, the kernel detects inconsistent
locking since the process context acquisition would enable interrupts
while holding a lock previously acquired in interrupt context.
Kernel log shows:
[ 4039.310790] inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
[ 4039.310804] kworker/7:2/409 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
[ 4039.310818] ffff9284e1bed000 (&fence_drv->fence_list_lock){?...}-{3:3},
[ 4039.310993] {IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
[ 4039.311004] lock_acquire+0xc6/0x300
[ 4039.311018] _raw_spin_lock+0x39/0x80
[ 4039.311031] amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process.part.0+0x30/0x180 [amdgpu]
[ 4039.311146] amdgpu_userq_fence_driver_process+0x17/0x30 [amdgpu]
[ 4039.311257] gfx_v11_0_eop_irq+0x132/0x170 [amdgpu]
Fix by using spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_unlock_irqrestore() to properly
manage interrupt state regardless of calling context.
(cherry picked from commit ded3ad780cf97a04927773c4600823b84f7f3cc2)
Affected software
CVE-2025-68203 is recorded against 2 packages.
- kernel (fixed in 6.17.9)
- unknown
Timeline and source
Published on 16 December 2025 and last revised on 10 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
git.kernel.org (Package)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
CVE-2025-68203 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | — | 6.17.9 |
| unknown | — | — |
References
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