# CVE-2026-31785: drm/xe/xe\_pagefault: Disallow writes to read-only VMAs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/xe_pagefault: Disallow writes to read-only VMAs The page fault handler should reject write/atomic access to read only VMAs. Add code to handle this in xe_pagefault_service after the VMA lookup. v2: - Apply max line length (Matthew) (cherry picked from commit 714ee6754ac5fa3dc078856a196a6b124cd797a0)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b656f040ed4ed2074dfb78072745b41d44368be0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d192b4f2d644d15d9a9f1d33dab05af936f6540

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