# CVE-2026-98997: drm/amdgpu/userq: only accept doorbell BOs as queue doorbell

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108791, GHSA-9MXH-X95W-JRRC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- Linux: from f09c1e6077abd1bc2ddd2b97e1135215801ca7f9, fixed in 112dbe2b10d6d088a6c599980dd960dcbfa55ff0; from f09c1e6077abd1bc2ddd2b97e1135215801ca7f9, fixed in 8640b3f961d743d6dc0458c2b53a3af434690cc1; from f09c1e6077abd1bc2ddd2b97e1135215801ca7f9, fixed in 7f7c88dbf4d543f6703e53bdeed380e886733167
- Linux: 6.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.16.0, 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/amdgpu/userq: only accept doorbell BOs as queue doorbell amdgpu_userq_get_doorbell_index() pins any BO passed as doorbell_handle into the doorbell domain. For a regular BO, TTM moves it with ttm_bo_move_null() and its contents are lost. Since an importer on the same device gets the exporter's GEM object, a client can do this to a buffer another client shared with it. Reject BOs that were not created in the doorbell domain. v2: drop the error message, use a local abo variable (Christian) (cherry picked from commit f7497bbc19db4821c62b9d97b31c9086feb2d917)

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112dbe2b10d6d088a6c599980dd960dcbfa55ff0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8640b3f961d743d6dc0458c2b53a3af434690cc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7c88dbf4d543f6703e53bdeed380e886733167

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