CVE-2026-63884
HIGHdrm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge
TLDR: The bo->ttm object might be changed by calling ttm_bo_validate(), move casting it to an i915_tt object later to actually get the right pointer.
A user reported hitting the following bug under heavy use on DG2:
[26620.095550] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xa56b6b6b6b6b6b8b: 0000 1 SMP NOPTI [26620.095556] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 631 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 6.18.8 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) [26620.095558] Hardware name: ASRock B850M Steel Legend WiFi/B850M Steel Legend WiFi, BIOS 3.50 09/18/2025 [26620.095559] RIP: 0010:i915_ttm_purge+0x84/0x100 [i915] [26620.095604] Code: 00 00 00 48 8d 54 24 10 48 89 e6 48 89 fb e8 83 aa ae ff 85 c0 75 6f 48 83 bb a8 01 00 00 00 74 2c 48 8b 45 78 48 85 c0 74 23 <48> 8b 78 20 48 c7 c2 ff ff ff ff 31 f6 e8 7a 73 e3 e0 48 8b 7d 78 [26620.095605] RSP: 0018:ffffc90005fd7430 EFLAGS: 00010282 [26620.095607] RAX: a56b6b6b6b6b6b6b RBX: ffff8881f46c3dc0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [26620.095608] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 00000000ffffffff [26620.095609] RBP: ffff888289610f00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff88823b022000 [26620.095609] R10: ffff888103029b28 R11: ffff8881fc7f3800 R12: ffff88810b6150d0 [26620.095609] R13: ffff888289610f00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8881f46c3dc0 [26620.095610] FS: 00007f1004d86900(0000) GS:ffff88901c858000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [26620.095611] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [26620.095611] CR2: 00007f0fdf489000 CR3: 000000035b0c1000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 [26620.095612] PKRU: 55555554 [26620.095612] Call Trace: [26620.095615] <TASK> [26620.095615] i915_ttm_move+0x2b9/0x420 [i915] [26620.095642] ? ttm_tt_init+0x65/0x80 [ttm] [26620.095644] ? i915_ttm_tt_create+0xc6/0x150 [i915] [26620.095667] ttm_bo_handle_move_mem+0xb6/0x160 [ttm] [26620.095669] ttm_bo_evict+0x100/0x150 [ttm] [26620.095671] ? preempt_count_add+0x64/0xa0 [26620.095673] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x30 [26620.095675] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xd/0x30 [26620.095675] ? i915_gem_object_evictable+0xb7/0xd0 [i915] [26620.095704] ttm_bo_evict_cb+0x6e/0xd0 [ttm] [26620.095705] ttm_lru_walk_for_evict+0xa6/0x200 [ttm] [26620.095708] ttm_bo_alloc_resource+0x185/0x4f0 [ttm] [26620.095709] ? init_object+0x62/0xd0 [26620.095712] ttm_bo_validate+0x7a/0x180 [ttm] [26620.095713] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x16/0x30 [26620.095714] __i915_ttm_get_pages+0xb0/0x170 [i915] [26620.095737] i915_ttm_get_pages+0x9f/0x150 [i915] [26620.095759] ? i915_gem_do_execbuffer+0xedc/0x2b40 [i915] [26620.095786] ? alloc_debug_processing+0xd0/0x100 [26620.095787] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x16/0x30 [26620.095788] ? i915_vma_instance+0xa0/0x4e0 [i915] [26620.095822] __i915_gem_object_get_pages+0x2f/0x40 [i915] [26620.095848] i915_vma_pin_ww+0x706/0x980 [i915] [26620.095875] ? i915_gem_do_execbuffer+0xedc/0x2b40 [i915] [26620.095904] eb_validate_vmas+0x170/0xa00 [i915] [26620.095930] i915_gem_do_execbuffer+0x1201/0x2b40 [i915] [26620.095953] ? alloc_debug_processing+0xd0/0x100 [26620.095954] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x16/0x30 [26620.095955] ? i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl+0xc9/0x240 [i915] [26620.095977] ? __wake_up_sync_key+0x32/0x50 [26620.095979] ? i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl+0xc9/0x240 [i915] [26620.096001] ? __slab_alloc.isra.0+0x67/0xc0 [26620.096003] i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl+0x11a/0x240 [i915]
Results from decode_stacktrace.sh pointed to dereference of a file pointer field of a i915 TTM page vector container associated with an object being purged on eviction. That path is taken when the object is marked as no longer needed.
Code analysis revealed a possibility of the i915 TTM page vector container being replaced with a new instance inside a function that purges content of the object, should it be still busy. That function is called, indirectly via a more general function that changes the object's placement and caching policy, ---truncated---
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐧Linux | Kernel | ≥ 5.17.0&&< 6.1.176 | 6.1.176 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Kernel. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update Kernel to 6.1.176 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-63884 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-63884 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-63884. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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