Use After Free in Linux
CVE-2026-100077
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Recover HW before retire hung submit During recovery, it is not safe to retire the hung submit before we recover the GPU. Retiring the submit triggers BO free and that can result in GPU pagefaults since the GPU may be actively accessing those BOs. To fix this, retire the submits after gpu recovery is complete in recover_worker(). Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/730655/
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (4.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 4.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Linux — versions 4.2
- Linux Kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-100077?
- CVE-2026-100077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-09-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-100077?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.