Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/v3d: Reject empty multisync extension to prevent infinite loop
v3d_get_extensions() walks a userspace-provided singly-linked list of ioctl extensions without any bound on the chain length. A local user can craft a self-referential extension (ext->next == &ext) with zero in_sync_count and out_sync_count, which bypasses the existing duplicate- extension guard:
if (se->in_sync_count || se->out_sync_count) return -EINVAL;
The guard never fires because v3d_get_multisync_post_deps() returns immediately when count is zero, leaving both fields at zero on every iteration. The result is an infinite loop in kernel context, blocking the calling thread and pegging a CPU core indefinitely.
Fix this by rejecting a multisync extension where both in_sync_count and out_sync_count are zero in v3d_get_multisync_submit_deps(). An empty multisync carries no synchronization information and serves no useful purpose, so returning -EINVAL for such an extension is the correct defense against this attack vector.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= e4165ae8304e5ea822fbe5909dd3be5445c058b7, < 309abbddeca0c12714721928a819ef45e5710998; >= e4165ae8304e5ea822fbe5909dd3be5445c058b7, < 4fa42a249e8cd6ed17aea04e5695b6e9001f2433; >= e4165ae8304e5ea822fbe5909dd3be5445c058b7, < 9c5164781cb388d219d8f49fa0f0b04cf86ad544; >= e4165ae8304e5ea822fbe5909dd3be5445c058b7, < fb44d589bf3148e13452185a6e772a7efbf2d684 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309abbddeca0c12714721928a819ef45e5710998Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fa42a249e8cd6ed17aea04e5695b6e9001f2433Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c5164781cb388d219d8f49fa0f0b04cf86ad544Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb44d589bf3148e13452185a6e772a7efbf2d684Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 8, 2026
- Last modified
- Jul 23, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed