---
id: CVE-2025-68189
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/msm: Fix GEM free for imported dma-bufs

  Imported dma-bufs also have obj->resv != &obj->_resv
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/msm: Fix GEM free for imported dma-bufs

  Imported dma-bufs also have obj->resv != &obj->_resv.  So we should
  check both this condition in addition to flags for hand…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
published: '2025-12-16'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68189'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9674c4cb2fe62727a2e4d3f66065ab949dfa61be'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34e08ba6c0037a72a7433741225b020c989e4ae'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00143
epssPercentile: 0.03162
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.449Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm: Fix GEM free for imported dma-bufs

Imported dma-bufs also have obj->resv != &obj->_resv.  So we should
check both this condition in addition to flags for handling the
_NO_SHARE case.

Fixes this splat that was reported with IRIS video playback:

    ------------[ cut here ]------------
    WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2040 at drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c:1127 msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm]
    CPU: 3 UID: 1000 PID: 2040 Comm: .gnome-shell-wr Not tainted 6.17.0-rc7 #1 PREEMPT
    pstate: 81400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
    pc : msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm]
    lr : msm_gem_free_object+0x138/0x264 [msm]
    sp : ffff800092a1bb30
    x29: ffff800092a1bb80 x28: ffff800092a1bce8 x27: ffffbc702dbdbe08
    x26: 0000000000000008 x25: 0000000000000009 x24: 00000000000000a6
    x23: ffff00083c72f850 x22: ffff00083c72f868 x21: ffff00087e69f200
    x20: ffff00087e69f330 x19: ffff00084d157ae0 x18: 0000000000000000
    x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffbc704bd46b80 x15: 0000ffffd0959540
    x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
    x11: ffffbc702e6cdb48 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 000000000000003f
    x8 : ffff800092a1ba90 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000020
    x5 : ffffbc704bd46c40 x4 : fffffdffe102cf60 x3 : 0000000000400032
    x2 : 0000000000020000 x1 : ffff00087e6978e8 x0 : ffff00087e6977e8
    Call trace:
     msm_gem_free_object+0x1f8/0x264 [msm] (P)
     drm_gem_object_free+0x1c/0x30 [drm]
     drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked+0x138/0x150 [drm]
     drm_gem_object_release_handle+0x5c/0xcc [drm]
     drm_gem_handle_delete+0x68/0xbc [drm]
     drm_gem_close_ioctl+0x34/0x40 [drm]
     drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc0/0x130 [drm]
     drm_ioctl+0x360/0x4e0 [drm]
     __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0x104
     invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104
     el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
     do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
     el0_svc+0x34/0xec
     el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4
     el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
    ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
    ------------[ cut here ]------------

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/676273/

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.