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Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38731drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug If the argument check during an array bind fails, the bind_ops are freed twice as seen below. Fix this by setting bind_ops to NULL after freeing. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] Free of addr ffff88813bb9b800 by task xe_vm/14198 CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 14198 Comm: xe_vm Not tainted 6.16.0-xe-eudebug-cmanszew+ #520 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-P DDR5 RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00.2411.A02.2110081023 10/08/2021 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0 print_report+0xcb/0x610 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x300 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] kasan_report_invalid_free+0xc8/0xf0 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] check_slab_allocation+0x102/0x130 kfree+0x10d/0x440 ? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0 ? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe] ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] ? __lock_acquire+0xab9/0x27f0 ? lock_acquire+0x165/0x300 ? drm_dev_enter+0x53/0xe0 [drm] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? drm_dev_exit+0x30/0x50 [drm] ? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm] ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [drm] ? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0 ? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe] drm_ioctl+0x352/0x620 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] ? __pfx_rpm_resume+0x10/0x10 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x11a/0x1b0 ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 ? __pm_runtime_resume+0x61/0xc0 ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xac/0xe0 xe_drm_ioctl+0x91/0xc0 [xe] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xb2/0x100 ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x68/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7fa9acb24ded (cherry picked from commit a01b704527c28a2fd43a17a85f8996b75ec8492a)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:1690
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:1690
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:1143
Debian:14linux6.16.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38731
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1RLSA-2026:1690
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.26.1.el9_7RLSA-2026:1143
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux b43e864af0d4e74636c0e1dee857ce3275a84829 – before 77a946bf1af0e8110ef6e243394217a17f9b7e33b43e864af0d4e74636c0e1dee857ce3275a84829 – before 111fb43a557726079a67ce3ab51f602ddbf7097e
Linux Linux 6.15

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