# CVE-2025-37853: drm/amdkfd: debugfs hang\_hws skip GPU with MES

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3
- Published: 2025-05-09 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.19.0, fixed in 6.6.88; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.24; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.13.12; from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.14.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: debugfs hang_hws skip GPU with MES debugfs hang_hws is used by GPU reset test with HWS, for MES this crash the kernel with NULL pointer access because dqm->packet_mgr is not setup for MES path. Skip GPU with MES for now, MES hang_hws debugfs interface will be supported later.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36282eb8b8e056f7b681975ab3774f587c4fbc34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a36f8d544522a19ef06ed9e84667d154dcb6be52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a322b330dc0b775d1d7a84e55c752d9451bfe7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84c57906f0fd2185e557d2552b20aa8430a4677
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b9e0e2e6147314c22d821f0542c4dd9a320c40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe9d0061c413f8fb8c529b18b592b04170850ded

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