drm/i915: Avoid lock inversion when pinning to GGTT on CHV/BXT+VTD
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: Avoid lock inversion when pinning to GGTT on CHV/BXT+VTD
On completion of i915_vma_pin_ww(), a synchronous variant of
dma_fence_work_commit() is called. When pinning a VMA to GGTT address
space on a Cherry View family processor, or on a Broxton generation SoC
with VTD enabled, i.e., when stop_machine() is then called from
intel_ggtt_bind_vma(), that can potentially lead to lock inversion among
reservation_ww and cpu_hotplug locks.
[86.861179] ======================================================
[86.861193] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[86.861209] 6.15.0-rc5-CI_DRM_16515-gca0305cadc2d+ #1 Tainted: G U
[86.861226] ------------------------------------------------------
[86.861238] i915_module_loa/1432 is trying to acquire lock:
[86.861252] ffffffff83489090 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: stop_machine+0x1c/0x50
[86.861290]
but task is already holding lock:
[86.861303] ffffc90002e0b4c8 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: i915_vma_pin.constprop.0+0x39/0x1d0 [i915]
[86.862233]
which lock already depends on the new lock.
[86.862251]
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[86.862265]
-> #5 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[86.862292] dma_resv_lockdep+0x19a/0x390
[86.862315] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x3f0
[86.862334] kernel_init_freeable+0x3cd/0x680
[86.862353] kernel_init+0x1b/0x200
[86.862369] ret_from_fork+0x47/0x70
[86.862383] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[86.862399]
-> #4 (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}:
[86.862425] dma_resv_lockdep+0x178/0x390
[86.862440] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x3f0
[86.862454] kernel_init_freeable+0x3cd/0x680
[86.862470] kernel_init+0x1b/0x200
[86.862482] ret_from_fork+0x47/0x70
[86.862495] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[86.862509]
-> #3 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
[86.862531] down_read_killable+0x46/0x1e0
[86.862546] lock_mm_and_find_vma+0xa2/0x280
[86.862561] do_user_addr_fault+0x266/0x8e0
[86.862578] exc_page_fault+0x8a/0x2f0
[86.862593] asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
[86.862607] filldir64+0xeb/0x180
[86.862620] kernfs_fop_readdir+0x118/0x480
[86.862635] iterate_dir+0xcf/0x2b0
[86.862648] __x64_sys_getdents64+0x84/0x140
[86.862661] x64_sys_call+0x1058/0x2660
[86.862675] do_syscall_64+0x91/0xe90
[86.862689] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[86.862703]
-> #2 (&root->kernfs_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}:
[86.862725] down_write+0x3e/0xf0
[86.862738] kernfs_add_one+0x30/0x3c0
[86.862751] kernfs_create_dir_ns+0x53/0xb0
[86.862765] internal_create_group+0x134/0x4c0
[86.862779] sysfs_create_group+0x13/0x20
[86.862792] topology_add_dev+0x1d/0x30
[86.862806] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x4b5/0x850
[86.862822] cpuhp_issue_call+0xbf/0x1f0
[86.862836] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x111/0x320
[86.862852] __cpuhp_setup_state+0xb0/0x220
[86.862866] topology_sysfs_init+0x30/0x50
[86.862879] do_one_initcall+0x60/0x3f0
[86.862893] kernel_init_freeable+0x3cd/0x680
[86.862908] kernel_init+0x1b/0x200
[86.862921] ret_from_fork+0x47/0x70
[86.862934] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[86.862947]
-> #1 (cpuhp_state_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[86.862969] __mutex_lock+0xaa/0xed0
[86.862982] mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x30
[86.862995] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x67/0x320
[86.863012] __cpuhp_setup_state+0xb0/0x220
[86.863026] page_alloc_init_cpuhp+0x2d/0x60
[86.863041] mm_core_init+0x22/0x2d0
[86.863054] start_kernel+0x576/0xbd0
[86.863068] x86_64_start_reservations+0x18/0x30
[86.863084] x86_64_start_kernel+0xbf/0x110
[86.863098] common_startup_64+0x13e/0x141
[86.863114]
-> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
[86.863135] __lock_acquire+0x16
---truncated---
CVE-2025-68244 is recorded against 2 packages.
Published on 16 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.13.0 | 6.17.9 |
| unknown | — | — |
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