# CVE-2026-90064: drm/xe: Reject page faults from non-fault-mode scratch VMs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from ad9843aac91a1eda12912a4922042ea04cfc29dc, fixed in 905d648e97ef3a291f71a935a7fab0133f27f0f7; from ad9843aac91a1eda12912a4922042ea04cfc29dc, fixed in 5e977521d21717edb8e91d004434697d6e3f248c
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Reject page faults from non-fault-mode scratch VMs Having scratch enabled does not make a VM capable of handling recoverable page faults. Allowing scratch VMs through the ASID lookup also admits dma-fence mode VMs. If such a VM faults on an already valid VMA, the handler reports success without fixing the fault, causing the GPU to retry indefinitely. Only allow fault-mode VMs through the ASID lookup. Fault-mode VMs using scratch remain supported, while faults from 3D VMs are rejected. (cherry picked from commit bfb24a06405b652d37831f3fb66b71d33a6605de)

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905d648e97ef3a291f71a935a7fab0133f27f0f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e977521d21717edb8e91d004434697d6e3f248c

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