CVE-2025-38389

/// Technical description

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

drm/i915/gt: Fix timeline left held on VMA alloc error

The following error has been reported sporadically by CI when a test

unbinds the i915 driver on a ring submission platform:

<4> [239.330153] ------------[ cut here ]------------

<4> [239.330166] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] drm_WARN_ON(dev_priv->mm.shrink_count)

<4> [239.330196] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 18570 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c:1309 i915_gem_cleanup_early+0x13e/0x150 [i915]

...

<4> [239.330640] RIP: 0010:i915_gem_cleanup_early+0x13e/0x150 [i915]

...

<4> [239.330942] Call Trace:

<4> [239.330944] <TASK>

<4> [239.330949] i915_driver_late_release+0x2b/0xa0 [i915]

<4> [239.331202] i915_driver_release+0x86/0xa0 [i915]

<4> [239.331482] devm_drm_dev_init_release+0x61/0x90

<4> [239.331494] devm_action_release+0x15/0x30

<4> [239.331504] release_nodes+0x3d/0x120

<4> [239.331517] devres_release_all+0x96/0xd0

<4> [239.331533] device_unbind_cleanup+0x12/0x80

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/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References