# CVE-2025-38309: drm/xe/vm: move xe\_svm\_init() earlier

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vm: move xe_svm_init() earlier In xe_vm_close_and_put() we need to be able to call xe_svm_fini(), however during vm creation we can call this on the error path, before having actually initialised the svm state, leading to various splats followed by a fatal NPD. (cherry picked from commit 4f296d77cf49fcb5f90b4674123ad7f3a0676165)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e6a6a8aa46d44ec7a240766cf3b7dd077718b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf8cde41ad01150afbd1327ad1942387787f7fd

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