# CVE-2023-52930: drm/i915: Fix potential bit\_17 double-free

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix potential bit_17 double-free A userspace with multiple threads racing I915_GEM_SET_TILING to set the tiling to I915_TILING_NONE could trigger a double free of the bit_17 bitmask. (Or conversely leak memory on the transition to tiled.) Move allocation/free'ing of the bitmask within the section protected by the obj lock. [tursulin: Correct fixes tag and added cc stable.] (cherry picked from commit 10e0cbaaf1104f449d695c80bcacf930dcd3c42e)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b591abac78e25269b12e3d7170c99463f8c5cb02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3ebc3e23bd9028a8a9a26cbc5985f99be445f65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0769f997a7b6d5cb8336db0b4ec3d2d311b8097c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7057a8f126f14f14b040faecfa220fd27c6c2f85

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