# CVE-2026-98179: drm/amdgpu: fix rmmio iounmap skipped on device removal

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 62d5f9f7110ad374db67ab4820f4ff2d916c3cdb, fixed in e81502d6791df9ecd003bfb2ca44f0d1f1b38439; from 62d5f9f7110ad374db67ab4820f4ff2d916c3cdb, fixed in cd55dde2b63789a3dafe982c89844f537501d096; from 62d5f9f7110ad374db67ab4820f4ff2d916c3cdb, fixed in a645584c3ccc493ee835f77155829442bd7578c3; from 62d5f9f7110ad374db67ab4820f4ff2d916c3cdb, fixed in 5155002b03b24ba3ef91c5c313b8cf0171b24904
- Linux: 5.17
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.17.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.54; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix rmmio iounmap skipped on device removal amdgpu_pci_remove() calls drm_dev_unplug() before fini_sw(), so drm_dev_enter() is already false there and the iounmap() guarded by it is skipped. This .remove path runs on both hot-unplug and plain rmmod, so the register BAR ioremap mapping leaks one instance per unload. Unmap rmmio unconditionally (guard only on non-NULL) and drop the now unused idx. (cherry picked from commit dd6f86a97260e5207d3329ad03aa89fdad61b1e6)

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e81502d6791df9ecd003bfb2ca44f0d1f1b38439
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd55dde2b63789a3dafe982c89844f537501d096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a645584c3ccc493ee835f77155829442bd7578c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5155002b03b24ba3ef91c5c313b8cf0171b24904

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