# CVE-2025-21995: drm/sched: Fix fence reference count leak

- 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
- Published: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sched: Fix fence reference count leak The last_scheduled fence leaks when an entity is being killed and adding the cleanup callback fails. Decrement the reference count of prev when dma_fence_add_callback() fails, ensuring proper balance. [phasta: add git tag info for stable kernel]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c76bd3c99293834de7d1dca5de536616d5655e38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1135a9431160575466ea9ac37ebd756ecbe35fff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35399c84dcedd6d31448fb9e1336ef52673f2882
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a952f1ab696873be124e31ce5ef964d36bce817f

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