# CVE-2026-53201: Revert "drm/xe: Skip exec queue schedule toggle if queue is idle during suspend"

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 7.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "drm/xe: Skip exec queue schedule toggle if queue is idle during suspend" This reverts commit 8533051ce92015e9cc6f75e0d52119b9d91610b6. The idle-skip optimization bypasses GuC suspend, so the GPU may not perform the context switch that flushes TLB entries for invalidated userptr VMAs. In LR/preempt-fence VM mode, this can lead to missed TLB invalidation and page faults during userptr invalidation tests. Restore unconditional schedule toggling on suspend so the context-switch TLB flush is always performed. This optimization will be reintroduced with a fix that does not skip suspend in LR/preempt-fence VM mode. (cherry picked from commit 6a1e7934d9a6cf46aecae00a99c2603d1295e170)

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69b715f48ac7e802c89ed5924795c5b055da91e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa7c84726dc217ce0c183926ef9411636c7a2213

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