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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared. This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-25 | Updated 2026-05-11 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3 (git) before 8342127a8a65b0673863b106ce32b79c91ae3270
affected

a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3 (git) before c5734f9bab6f0d40577ad0633af4090a5fda2407
affected

a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3 (git) before aefd0a935625165a6ca36d0258d2d053901555df
affected

a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3 (git) before aa382a8b6ed483e9812d0e63b6d1bdcba0186f29
affected

a72ce6f84109c1dec1ab236d65979d3250668af3 (git) before 471db2c2d4f80ee94225a1ef246e4f5011733e50
affected

Default status
affected

4.3
affected

Any version before 4.3
unaffected

6.1.169 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.96 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.36 (semver)
unaffected

6.15.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.16 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/8342127a8a65b0673863b106ce32b79c91ae3270

git.kernel.org/...c/c5734f9bab6f0d40577ad0633af4090a5fda2407

git.kernel.org/...c/aefd0a935625165a6ca36d0258d2d053901555df

git.kernel.org/...c/aa382a8b6ed483e9812d0e63b6d1bdcba0186f29

git.kernel.org/...c/471db2c2d4f80ee94225a1ef246e4f5011733e50

cve.org (CVE-2025-38436)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38436)

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