CVE-2026-98522

What the bug is

Map failure from pvr_mmu_map_sgl() interface was not returned correctly to pvr_mmu_map() interface. This resulted in pvr_mmu_map() interface to continue instead of returning an error to caller. Fix it by returning a proper error code from pvr_mmu_map_sgl() interface. Call stack for crash: [ 1179.286237] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 [ 1179.295067] Mem abort info: [ 1179.297877] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 1179.301656] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 1179.306987] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 1179.310048] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 1179.313198] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 1179.318096] Data abort info: [ 1179.320993] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 1179.326483] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 1179.331546] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 1179.336895] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000009822a000 [ 1179.343402] [0000000000000008] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 1179.350243] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#2] SMP [ 1179.355908] Modules linked in: powervr gpu_sched drm_shmem_helper drm_gpuvm drm_exec xhci_plat_hcd xhci_hcd dwc3 usbcore usb_common snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils dwc3_am62 at24 sa2ul sha512 libsha512 sha256 authenc sch_fq_codel fuse dm_mod ipv6 [ 1179.378992] CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 680 Comm: deqp-vk Tainted: G D 6.17.0 #1 PREEMPT [ 1179.388120] Tainted: [D]=DIE [ 1179.390994] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 SK (DT) [ 1179.396467] pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 1179.403415] pc : pvr_mmu_op_context_unmap_curr_page+0x6c/0x134 [powervr] [ 1179.410140] lr : pvr_mmu_op_context_unmap_curr_page+0x58/0x134 [powervr] [ 1179.416848] sp : ffff8000839ab8c0 [ 1179.420153] x29: ffff8000839ab8c0 x28: 0000000000000001 x27: 000000008f386000 [ 1179.427283] x26: ffff000016d1df98 x25: 0000000000247000 x24: 00000000000001e6 [ 1179.434413] x23: 0000000000000002 x22: 000000000000ffff x21: 0000000000000247 [ 1179.441540] x20: 0000000000000245 x19: ffff000016d1df60 x18: 0000000000000002 [ 1179.448668] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000001 [ 1179.455793] x14: 0000000000060810 x13: ffff80007fffffff x12: ffff000004190480 [ 1179.462921] x11: ffff8000853f7000 x10: ffff8000811ae000 x9 : ffff0000041900b8 [ 1179.470051] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 00000000990c4001 x6 : 0000000000000007 [ 1179.477177] x5 : ffff000016d1df60 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff00000a7d8000 [ 1179.484306] x2 : 00000000000001ff x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 1179.491433] Call trace: [ 1179.493872] pvr_mmu_op_context_unmap_curr_page+0x6c/0x134 [powervr] (P) [ 1179.500582] pvr_mmu_map+0x31c/0x388 [powervr] [ 1179.505027] pvr_vm_gpuva_map+0x40/0x88 [powervr] [ 1179.509732] __drm_gpuvm_sm_map+0x250/0x44c [drm_gpuvm] [ 1179.514952] drm_gpuvm_sm_map+0x48/0x5c [drm_gpuvm] [ 1179.519822] pvr_vm_bind_op_exec+0x64/0x70 [powervr] [ 1179.524785] pvr_vm_map+0x1f8/0x2a8 [powervr] [ 1179.529142] pvr_ioctl_vm_map+0x12c/0x188 [powervr] [ 1179.534018] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb8/0x128 [ 1179.537941] drm_ioctl+0x21c/0x4ec [ 1179.541337] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0x108 [ 1179.545344] invoke_syscall+0x44/0x100 [ 1179.549091] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 [ 1179.553790] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 1179.557106] el0_svc+0x34/0xf0 [ 1179.560159] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xd0/0xe4 [ 1179.564334] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c [ 1179.567996] Code: 54000300 35000360 f9402261 79409a62 (f9400421) [ 1179.574081] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_mmu.c

What this is

IMGTEC POWERVR DRM DRIVERMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/ · Supported

Kernel module

powervr

Check it on the machine

grep -w CONFIG_DRM_POWERVR /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

lsmod | grep -w powervr

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian does not build this code in 1 release. It does build it in 2 releases, so the answer depends on which release the machine runs. The build rule could not be established for 1 release, so nothing is claimed about those.

• bookworm?
• trixien
• forky, sidMnot built on amd64/amd64, amd64/cloud-amd64, amd64/rt-amd64, arm64/arm64, arm64/arm64-16k, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt-arm64, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, loong64/loong64, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k, s390x/s390x

?

not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file

n

not enabled on any flavour - this release does not build the code

M

a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it

Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.

Build switch

CONFIG_DRM_POWERVR

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published

2026-10-18 (today)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

not scored

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

unimportantsource

Subsystem

drivers/gpu

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
6.8	6.12.112	13c7ae1d92ce
6.8	6.18.55	afe5b4d66d45
6.8	7.2.9	d30ea2747164
6.8	7.3	7b824c293a6b