Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53377

Vulnerability identifier: #VU138892

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53377

CWE-ID: CWE-670

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper recovery handling in recover_worker in the drm/msm GPU driver when processing a hung GPU ring with no additional queued work. A local user can trigger a GPU hang to cause a denial of service.

The issue can occur when a single submitted job hangs a ring and the GPU remains in a hung state instead of being recovered.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a0d6cd7032e9993feea19fadb03ef9d5b488f2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/132b8d51f0ffbee6e4e1ebbe1a50330aaf2dbd5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5c90478749dfd9a32386100b6078a364298b01

• Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel drm msm driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia