# CVE-2025-21842: amdkfd: properly free gang\_ctx\_bo when failed to init user queue

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-07 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amdkfd: properly free gang_ctx_bo when failed to init user queue The destructor of a gtt bo is declared as void amdgpu_amdkfd_free_gtt_mem(struct amdgpu_device *adev, void **mem_obj); Which takes void** as the second parameter. GCC allows passing void* to the function because void* can be implicitly casted to any other types, so it can pass compiling. However, passing this void* parameter into the function's execution process(which expects void** and dereferencing void**) will result in errors.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5ab1c1ae504f622cc1ff48830a9ed48428146d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091a68c58c1bbd2ab7d05d1b32c1306394ec691d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33f7f9660705fb2ecf3467b2c48965564f392ce

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