# CVE-2025-68193: drm/xe/guc: Add devm release action to safely tear down CT

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.114, 6.17.8
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 231c4110873a5db4975512c30aa10edcc5be56e2, fixed in fd4e41545d5955e6f7b4a0c4b56d21010ce8e812; from 231c4110873a5db4975512c30aa10edcc5be56e2, fixed in 52faa05fcd9f78af99abebe30a4b7b444744c991; from 231c4110873a5db4975512c30aa10edcc5be56e2, fixed in ee4b32220a6b41e71512e8804585325e685456ba
- Linux: 6.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.10.0, fixed in 6.12.114; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.17.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/guc: Add devm release action to safely tear down CT When a buffer object (BO) is allocated with the XE_BO_FLAG_GGTT_INVALIDATE flag, the driver initiates TLB invalidation requests via the CTB mechanism while releasing the BO. However a premature release of the CTB BO can lead to system crashes, as observed in: Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:h2g_write+0x2f3/0x7c0 [xe] Call Trace: guc_ct_send_locked+0x8b/0x670 [xe] xe_guc_ct_send_locked+0x19/0x60 [xe] send_tlb_invalidation+0xb4/0x460 [xe] xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_ggtt+0x15e/0x2e0 [xe] ggtt_invalidate_gt_tlb.part.0+0x16/0x90 [xe] ggtt_node_remove+0x110/0x140 [xe] xe_ggtt_node_remove+0x40/0xa0 [xe] xe_ggtt_remove_bo+0x87/0x250 [xe] Introduce a devm-managed release action during xe_guc_ct_init() and xe_guc_ct_init_post_hwconfig() to ensure proper CTB disablement before resource deallocation, preventing the use-after-free scenario.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.114, 6.17.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4e41545d5955e6f7b4a0c4b56d21010ce8e812
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52faa05fcd9f78af99abebe30a4b7b444744c991
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee4b32220a6b41e71512e8804585325e685456ba

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