# CVE-2026-98970: drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108764, GHSA-GVGC-QRVM-3584
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

The Linux kernel's DRM driver for Broadcom VideoCore IV graphics (vc4, used on Raspberry Pi boards) is affected. When the driver is unbound, it fails to free a list used to track cached graphics buffers, causing a memory leak that can gradually consume kernel memory.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.5
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.5.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Free the BO cache size list on teardown vc4_bo_cache_destroy() purges the cached BOs but never frees the size list, leaking it on every unbind.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75f89ab8cb4c9f136af790cc5df1f88d2726953a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f19ddd4bf56a057dbf17e434a3c9ea45adaf7e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c17ca90202d2a20def0316fb9403971ac9dfa7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf2848e50bd73782c2942ec023b5b60231f16e9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035ad1bc964f6698e9b06c26ffe94bcac08dadea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bea10b84e22efa22b005e8dba1a19df4e04a7649
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40870a0290cd913c9d94f98ed87ebe00dd091e53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b41ff8b529278216cba22a5dcdc93fea2a3a9619

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