CVE-2026-23471 | Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4 drm_dev_unplug use after free

VDB-355156 · CVE-2026-23471 · GCVE-0-2026-23471 LINUX KERNEL UP TO 7.0-RC4 DRM_DEV_UNPLUG USE AFTER FREE HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 7.6 $5k-$25k 0.56 Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4 and classified as critical. Affected is the function drm_dev_unplug. Executing a manipulation can lead to use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-23471. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc4. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function drm_dev_unplug. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Fix use-after-free on framebuffers and property blobs when calling drm_dev_unplug When trying to do a rather aggressive test of igt's "xe_module_load --r reload" with a full desktop environment and game running I noticed a few OOPSes when dereferencing freed pointers, related to framebuffers and property blobs after the compositor exits. Solve this by guarding the freeing in drm_file with drm_dev_enter/exit, and immediately put the references from struct drm_file objects during drm_dev_unplug(). Related warnings for framebuffers on the subtest: [ 739.713076] ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev->mode_config.fb_list)) [ 739.713079] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c:584 at drm_mode_config_cleanup+0x30b/0x320 [drm], CPU#12: xe_module_load/13145 .... [ 739.713328] Call Trace: [ 739.713330] [ 739.713335] ? intel_pmdemand_destroy_state+0x11/0x20 [xe] [ 739.713574] ? intel_atomic_global_obj_cleanup+0xe4/0x1a0 [xe] [ 739.713794] intel_display_driver_remove_noirq+0x51/0xb0 [xe] [ 739.714041] xe_display_fini_early+0x33/0x50 [xe] [ 739.714284] devm_action_release+0xf/0x20 [ 739.714294] devres_release_all+0xad/0xf0 [ 739.714301] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0xa0 [ 739.714305] device_release_driver_internal+0x1b7/0x210 [ 739.714311] device_driver_detach+0x14/0x20 [ 739.714315] unbind_store+0xa6/0xb0 [ 739.714319] drv_attr_store+0x21/0x30 [ 739.714322] sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x60 [ 739.714328] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x16b/0x240 [ 739.714333] vfs_write+0x266/0x520 [ 739.714341] ksys_write+0x72/0xe0 [ 739.714345] __x64_sys_write+0x19/0x20 [ 739.714347] x64_sys_call+0xa15/0xa30 [ 739.714355] do_syscall_64+0xd8/0xab0 [ 739.714361] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 and [ 739.714459] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 739.714461] xe 0000:67:00.0: [drm] drm_WARN_ON(!list_empty(&fb->filp_head)) [ 739.714464] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c:833 at drm_framebuffer_free+0x6c/0x90 [drm], CPU#12: xe_module_load/13145 [ 739.714715] RIP: 0010:drm_framebuffer_free+0x7a/0x90 [drm] ... [ 739.714869] Call Trace: [ 739.714871] [ 739.714876] drm_mode_config_cleanup+0x26a/0x320 [drm] [ 739.714998] ? __drm_printfn_seq_file+0x20/0x20 [drm] [ 739.715115] ? drm_mode_config_cleanup+0x207/0x320 [drm] [ 739.715235] intel_display_driver_remove_noirq+0x51/0xb0 [xe] [ 739.715576] xe_display_fini_early+0x33/0x50 [xe] [ 739.715821] devm_action_release+0xf/0x20 [ 739.715828] devres_release_all+0xad/0xf0 [ 739.715843] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0xa0 [ 739.715850] device_release_driver_internal+0x1b7/0x210 [ 739.715856] device_driver_detach+0x14/0x20 [ 739.715860] unbind_store+0xa6/0xb0 [ 739.715865] drv_attr_store+0x21/0x30 [ 739.715868] sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x60 [ 739.715873] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x16b/0x240 [ 739.715878] vfs_write+0x266/0x520 [ 739.715886] ksys_write+0x72/0xe0 [ 739.715890] __x64_sys_write+0x19/0x20 [ 739.715893] x64_sys_call+0xa15/0xa30 [ 739.715900] do_syscall_64+0xd8/0xab0 [ 739.715905] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 and then finally file close blows up: [ 743.186530] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000122: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 743.186535] CPU: 3 UID: 1000 PID: 3453 Comm: kwin_wayland Tainted: G W 7.0.0-rc1-valkyria+ #110 PREEMPT_{RT,(lazy)} [ 743.186537] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 743.186538] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X299 AORUS Gaming 3/X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF, BIOS F8n 12/06/2021 [ 743.186539] RIP: 0010:drm_framebuffer_cleanup+0x55/0xc0 [drm] [ 743.186588] Code: d8 72 73 0f b6 42 05 ff c3 39 c3 72 e8 49 8d bd 50 07 00 00 31 f6 e8 3a 80 d3 e1 49 8b 44 24 10 49 8d 7c 24 08 49 8b 54 24 08 3b 38 0f 85 95 7f 02 00 48 3b 7a 08 0f 85 8b 7f 02 00 48 89 42 [ 743.186589] RSP: 0018:ffffc900085e3cf8 EFLAGS: 00 ---truncated--- The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-23471 since 01/13/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/03/2026). Upgrading to version 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10 or 7.0-rc5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 54df178324b268c62f847381e2813a1b0f971384/eec4d5758f33925e0bdb4a32b45d86a68afa4516/7e3ec3bf4015156dcc5bafed13f26a587cc37f5c/074d06d3724ccab0c5bb779db594a82b6405e501/e493c135980f90c20308d1a98f2e0d1223951e94/6bee098b91417654703e17eb5c1822c6dfd0c01d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Productinfo Type Operating System Vendor Linux Name Kernel Version 6.1.166 6.6.129 6.12.0 6.12.1 6.12.2 6.12.3 6.12.4 6.12.5 6.12.6 6.12.7 6.12.8 6.12.9 6.12.10 6.12.11 6.12.12 6.12.13 6.12.14 6.12.15 6.12.16 6.12.17 6.12.18 6.12.19 6.12.20 6.12.21 6.12.22 6.12.23 6.12.24 6.12.25 6.12.26 6.12.27 6.12.28 6.12.29 6.12.30 6.12.31 6.12.32 6.12.33 6.12.34 6.12.35 6.12.36 6.12.37 6.12.38 6.12.39 6.12.40 6.12.41 6.12.42 6.12.43 6.12.44 6.12.45 6.12.46 6.12.47 6.12.48 6.12.49 6.12.50 6.12.51 6.12.52 6.12.53 6.12.54 6.12.55 6.12.56 6.12.57 6.12.58 6.12.59 6.12.60 6.12.61 6.12.62 6.12.63 6.12.64 6.12.65 6.12.66 6.12.67 6.12.68 6.12.69 6.12.70 6.12.71 6.12.72 6.12.73 6.12.74 6.12.75 6.12.76 6.12.77 6.18.0 6.18.1 6.18.2 6.18.3 6.18.4 6.18.5 6.18.6 6.18.7 6.18.8 6.18.9 6.18.10 6.18.11 6.18.12 6.18.13 6.18.14 6.18.15 6.18.16 6.18.17 6.18.18 6.18.19 6.19.0 6.19.1 6.19.2 6.19.3 6.19.4 6.19.5 6.19.6 6.19.7 6.19.8 6.19.9 7.0-rc1 7.0-rc2 7.0-rc3 7.0-rc4 License open-source Website Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6 VulDB Base Score: 8.0 VulDB Temp Score: 7.6 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Use after free CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Partially Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: Kernel 6.1.167/6.6.130/6.12.78/6.18.20/6.19.10/7.0-rc5 Patch: 54df178324b268c62f847381e2813a1b0f971384/eec4d5758f33925e0bdb4a32b45d86a68afa4516/7e3ec3bf4015156dcc5bafed13f26a587cc37f5c/074d06d3724ccab0c5bb779db594a82b6405e501/e493c135980f90c20308d1a98f2e0d1223951e94/6bee098b91417654703e17eb5c1822c6dfd0c01d Timelineinfo 01/13/2026 CVE reserved 04/03/2026 +79 days Advisory disclosed 04/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Vendor: kernel.org Advisory: git.kernel.org Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-23471 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-23471 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355156 Entryinfo Created: 04/03/2026 18:16 Changes: 04/03/2026 18:16 (58) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:A8A:101 Discussion No comments yet. 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