# CVE-2023-53228: drm/amdgpu: drop redundant sched job cleanup when cs is aborted

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.167
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.160, fixed in 6.1.167
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: drop redundant sched job cleanup when cs is aborted Once command submission failed due to userptr invalidation in amdgpu_cs_submit, legacy code will perform cleanup of scheduler job. However, it's not needed at all, as former commit has integrated job cleanup stuff into amdgpu_job_free. Otherwise, because of double free, a NULL pointer dereference will occur in such scenario. Bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2457

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.167) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdce1644d85e858c68fb5fa67d78eb1035bf34f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1564d4b105ae535eb3183ecaaa987685b20a888
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec02a29c3c2ef8ad3e15a0e3f96b99a00e5d97b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1253685f0d3eb3eab0bfc4bf15ab341a5f3da0c8

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