# CVE-2024-26986: drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create\_process failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure Fix memory leak due to a leaked mmget reference on an error handling code path that is triggered when attempting to create KFD processes while a GPU reset is in progress.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa02d43367a9adf8c85fb382fea4171fb266c8d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dcd876411644da98a6b4d5a18d32ca94c15bdb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18921b205012568b45760753ad3146ddb9e2d4e2

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