# CVE-2025-38355: drm/xe: Process deferred GGTT node removals on device unwind

Status: published. Published: 2025-07-25. Updated: 2026-11-05.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/xe: Process deferred GGTT node removals on device unwind

While we are indirectly draining our dedicated workqueue ggtt->wq
that we use to complete asynchronous removal of some GGTT nodes,
this happends as part of the managed-drm unwinding (ggtt_fini_early),
which could be later then manage-device unwinding, where we could
already unmap our MMIO/GMS mapping (mmio_fini).

This was recently observed during unsuccessful VF initialization:

 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: probe with driver xe failed with error -62
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747340 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747540 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747240 __xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747040 tiles_fini (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e746840 mmio_fini (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e747f40 xe_bo_pinned_fini (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: DEVRES REL ffff88811e746b40 devm_drm_dev_init_release (16 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] drmres release begin
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef81640 __fini_relay (8 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80d40 guc_ct_fini (8 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80040 __drmm_mutex_release (8 bytes)
 [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: [drm:drm_managed_release] REL ffff88810ef80140 ggtt_fini_early (8 bytes)

and this was leading to:

 [ ] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900058162a0
 [ ] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
 [ ] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
 [ ] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 [ ] Tainted: [W]=WARN
 [ ] Workqueue: xe-ggtt-wq ggtt_node_remove_work_func [xe]
 [ ] RIP: 0010:xe_ggtt_set_pte+0x6d/0x350 [xe]
 [ ] Call Trace:
 [ ]  <TASK>
 [ ]  xe_ggtt_clear+0xb0/0x270 [xe]
 [ ]  ggtt_node_remove+0xbb/0x120 [xe]
 [ ]  ggtt_node_remove_work_func+0x30/0x50 [xe]
 [ ]  process_one_work+0x22b/0x6f0
 [ ]  worker_thread+0x1e8/0x3d

Add managed-device action that will explicitly drain the workqueue
with all pending node removals prior to releasing MMIO/GSM mapping.

(cherry picked from commit 89d2835c3680ab1938e22ad81b1c9f8c686bd391)

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ 919bb54e989c1edef87e9797be125c94c450fc65; < 1b12f8dabbb8fd7d5a2611dd7bc5982ffbc2e5df (affected, git); ≥ 919bb54e989c1edef87e9797be125c94c450fc65; < 5ab4eba9b26a93605b4f2f2b688d6ba818d7331d (affected, git); ≥ 919bb54e989c1edef87e9797be125c94c450fc65; < af2b588abe006bd55ddd358c4c3b87523349c475 (affected, git). Source: CNA: Linux
- Linux / Linux: 6.12 (affected); ≥ 0; < 6.12 (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.12.36; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.15.5; ≤ 6.15.* (unaffected, semver); ≥ 6.16; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.19% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 8.35%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b12f8dabbb8fd7d5a2611dd7bc5982ffbc2e5df (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab4eba9b26a93605b4f2f2b688d6ba818d7331d (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af2b588abe006bd55ddd358c4c3b87523349c475 (CNA: Linux)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38355; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-38355; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: 6b7892511b046beb065d55c2257209d79964c63b87670ae599f2fad6629c39b9

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