In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/amdxdna: return early from a zero-length flush
SYNC_BO does not constrain its size, so a request for zero bytes reaches
drm_clflush_virt_range(), which ends with an unconditional
clflushopt(end - 1). For an empty range that is the byte before the
mapping, and abo->mem.kva comes from vmap(), so the access lands in the
guard page below the vmalloc area and faults:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd16fbbc70fff
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 7 UID: 1000 Comm: sync_bo_probe
RIP: 0010:drm_clflush_virt_range+0x3c/0x70
Call Trace:
amdxdna_drm_sync_bo_ioctl+0x124/0x430 [amdxdna]
drm_ioctl+0x301/0x4c0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x115/0x2f0
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x3d0
Any process that can open the render node can do this. Reproduced 3 of 3
times on a Strix Point NPU (1022:17f0), by calling SYNC_BO with size 0 on
an AMDXDNA_BO_SHARE object. The import arm takes the same request but
flushes the whole scatterlist, so it survives it.
Nothing needs flushing for an empty range, so answer before choosing a
path.
accel/amdxdna: return early from a zero-length flush
SYNC_BO does not constrain its size, so a request for zero bytes reaches
drm_clflush_virt_range(), which ends with an unconditional
clflushopt(end - 1). For an empty range that is the byte before the
mapping, and abo->mem.kva comes from vmap(), so the access lands in the
guard page below the vmalloc area and faults:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd16fbbc70fff
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 7 UID: 1000 Comm: sync_bo_probe
RIP: 0010:drm_clflush_virt_range+0x3c/0x70
Call Trace:
amdxdna_drm_sync_bo_ioctl+0x124/0x430 [amdxdna]
drm_ioctl+0x301/0x4c0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x115/0x2f0
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x3d0
Any process that can open the render node can do this. Reproduced 3 of 3
times on a Strix Point NPU (1022:17f0), by calling SYNC_BO with size 0 on
an AMDXDNA_BO_SHARE object. The import arm takes the same request but
flushes the whole scatterlist, so it survives it.
Nothing needs flushing for an empty range, so answer before choosing a
path.
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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/amdxdna: return early from a zero-length flush SYNC_BO does not constrain its size, so a request for zero bytes reaches drm_clflush_virt_range(), which ends with an unconditional clflushopt(end - 1). For an empty range that is the byte before the mapping, and abo->mem.kva comes from vmap(), so the access lands in the guard page below the vmalloc area and faults: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffd16fbbc70fff #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 7 UID: 1000 Comm: sync_bo_probe RIP: 0010:drm_clflush_virt_range+0x3c/0x70 Call Trace: amdxdna_drm_sync_bo_ioctl+0x124/0x430 [amdxdna] drm_ioctl+0x301/0x4c0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x115/0x2f0 do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x3d0 Any process that can open the render node can do this. Reproduced 3 of 3 times on a Strix Point NPU (1022:17f0), by calling SYNC_BO with size 0 on an AMDXDNA_BO_SHARE object. The import arm takes the same request but flushes the whole scatterlist, so it survives it. Nothing needs flushing for an empty range, so answer before choosing a path. | |
| Title | accel/amdxdna: return early from a zero-length flush | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T10:32:55.928Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.779Z
Link: CVE-2026-89978
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T11:17:08.667
Modified: 2026-09-16T11:17:08.667
Link: CVE-2026-89978
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