CVE-2026-99000 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix shrinker accounting double-subtraction
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe: Fix shrinker accounting double-subtraction on nested external pins
xe_bo_pin_external() and xe_bo_unpin_external() support nested pins,
since the underlying ttm_bo_pin()/ttm_bo_unpin() maintain a pin_count
refcount rather than a boolean. However, the shrinker accounting calls
xe_ttm_tt_account_subtract() and xe_ttm_tt_account_add() are invoked
unconditionally on every pin_external()/unpin_external() call, instead
of only on the transition into and out of the pinned state.
An external BO (dma-buf) can be pinned more than once while already
pinned, for example when it has multiple attachments/importers, each
independently calling xe_bo_pin_external(). Each such nested pin
subtracts the BO's pages from the shrinker's accounting again, even
though the BO's pages were already removed from consideration by the
first pin. Symmetrically, each nested unpin adds them back again
before the BO is actually unpinned. This desynchronizes the
shrinker's page and object counts from reality, and since they are
declared as signed long but interpreted as unsigned long in
xe_shrinker_count(), the underflow can turn into an enormous
shrinkable/purgeable page count, causing the shrinker to be invoked
excessively under memory pressure.
Guard the accounting calls with the same pin-count transition checks
already used to guard the pinned_link list maintenance, so accounting
is only updated on the outermost pin and the final unpin.
While centralizing this logic into xe_bo_account_pin()/
xe_bo_account_unpin(), also close a second, related accounting gap
affecting imported dma-bufs. For an imported bo's ttm_tt, xe's
ttm_tt_populate hook (xe_ttm_tt_populate()) early-returns without
calling xe_ttm_tt_account_add(), since TTM_TT_FLAG_EXTERNAL is set
without TTM_TT_FLAG_EXTERNAL_MAPPABLE. However, TTM core's
ttm_tt_populate() wrapper unconditionally marks the tt as populated
on driver-hook success, so ttm_tt_is_populat
INFORMATIONAL
Severity & confidence
Source severityinformational
Platform severityinformational
Confidencehigh
Exploitationunknown
CVSS-
Affected
Vendorslinux
Reporting sources (1)
NIST NVD - National Vulnerability Database
Timeline & provenance
Published2026-10-23T13:17:22
Last updated2026-10-26T06:31:48
Ingested2026-10-25T16:26:54
FreshnessNEAR-REAL-TIME
Threat typevulnerability
Recommended action
No recommended action published with this item - review the original source.
Next steps
- Identify affected systems in your environment.
- Apply the vendor patch or mitigation guidance.
- Review logs for indicators described in the advisory.
- Follow the affected vendor/product to track updates.
Confidence explanation
Reported by a government or cert-grade source (CISA, NCSC, NVD, ENISA, MSRC).
Source type: standards ยท Original: NIST NVD - National Vulnerability Database