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

drm/nouveau: fix reversed error cleanup order in ucopy functions

nouveau_uvmm_vm_bind_ucopy() and nouveau_exec_ucopy() place their error
cleanup labels in allocation order rather than reverse allocation order.
On a u_memcpya() failure for in_sync.s, the goto to err_free_ops (or
err_free_pushs) frees the first allocation and then falls through to
err_free_ins, which calls u_free() on args->in_sync.s.

Since args->in_sync.s still holds the ERR_PTR returned by the failed
u_memcpya(), and ERR_PTR values are not caught by ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(),
kvfree() proceeds to dereference it, which can result in a kernel oops.
A failure for out_sync.s instead jumps to err_free_ins and skips freeing
the first allocation, leading to a memory leak.

Fix by swapping the cleanup label order so resources are freed in the
correct reverse allocation sequence.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
CWE-772

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix reversed error cleanup order in ucopy functions nouveau_uvmm_vm_bind_ucopy() and nouveau_exec_ucopy() place their error cleanup labels in allocation order rather than reverse allocation order. On a u_memcpya() failure for in_sync.s, the goto to err_free_ops (or err_free_pushs) frees the first allocation and then falls through to err_free_ins, which calls u_free() on args->in_sync.s. Since args->in_sync.s still holds the ERR_PTR returned by the failed u_memcpya(), and ERR_PTR values are not caught by ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(), kvfree() proceeds to dereference it, which can result in a kernel oops. A failure for out_sync.s instead jumps to err_free_ins and skips freeing the first allocation, leading to a memory leak. Fix by swapping the cleanup label order so resources are freed in the correct reverse allocation sequence.
Title drm/nouveau: fix reversed error cleanup order in ucopy functions
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T12:01:46.534Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.378Z

Link: CVE-2026-68271

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Updated: 2026-08-10T18:15:11Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-416

    Use After Free

  • CWE-772

    Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime