---
id: CVE-2025-68207
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/xe/guc: Synchronize Dead CT worker with unbind

  Cancel and wait for any Dead CT worker to complete before continuing
  with device unbinding
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/xe/guc: Synchronize Dead CT worker with unbind

  Cancel and wait for any Dead CT worker to complete before continuing
  with device unbinding. Else the worker will end…
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-2025-68207'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35959ab7d16b618616edf6df882a4533d2efe193'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95af8f4fdce8349a5fe75264007f1af2aa1082ea'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce6ccf8e881a919bf902174ac879f80c97669498'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00152
epssPercentile: 0.03904
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.454Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm/xe/guc: Synchronize Dead CT worker with unbind

Cancel and wait for any Dead CT worker to complete before continuing
with device unbinding. Else the worker will end up using resources freed
by the undind operation.

(cherry picked from commit 492671339114e376aaa38626d637a2751cdef263)

## Remediation

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