# CVE-2026-89802: drm/nouveau/uvmm: fix NULL deref unwinding an OP\_MAP\_SPARSE op

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from b88baab828713ce0b49b185444b2ee83bed373a8, fixed in d8ec34618e71018fd7a3f73c57c6b92d71a6c7c3; from b88baab828713ce0b49b185444b2ee83bed373a8, fixed in 3bf493cf7ed0c2b3df728977a257e0d99b4db1c6; from b88baab828713ce0b49b185444b2ee83bed373a8, fixed in b7dc03e09313d22a6d230b759de3b05d504c008f; from b88baab828713ce0b49b185444b2ee83bed373a8, fixed in 3857238de6bce6c1573e8cb86c37b067e5208f05; from b88baab828713ce0b49b185444b2ee83bed373a8, fixed in 412a6ceb56d501ef2f8202e26ab4b5d4dfbca566
- Linux: 6.6
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.6.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau/uvmm: fix NULL deref unwinding an OP_MAP_SPARSE op Each bind_job_op is zeroed by kzalloc_obj() in bind_job_op_from_uop(), and the OP_MAP_SPARSE case in nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_submit() only creates a region, so op->ops stays NULL for a successfully processed sparse map. If a later op in the same job fails, the reverse unwind loop revisits that op and calls drm_gpuva_ops_free(&uvmm->base, op->ops) unconditionally. drm_gpuva_ops_free() dereferences its argument right away (list_for_each_entry_safe on &ops->list), so a NULL op->ops oopses. The path is reachable by any render-node fd holder, since NOUVEAU_VM_BIND is DRM_RENDER_ALLOW. Guard the free with IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), as nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_cleanup() already does for the identical free.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ec34618e71018fd7a3f73c57c6b92d71a6c7c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf493cf7ed0c2b3df728977a257e0d99b4db1c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7dc03e09313d22a6d230b759de3b05d504c008f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3857238de6bce6c1573e8cb86c37b067e5208f05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412a6ceb56d501ef2f8202e26ab4b5d4dfbca566

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