CVE-2026-46229
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Clear VRAM on allocation to prevent stale data exposure KFD VRAM allocations set AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_WIPE_ON_RELEASE but not AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CLEARED, leaving freshly allocated VRAM with stale data from prior use observable by compute kernels. The GEM ioctl path already sets VRAM_CLEARED for all userspace allocations via amdgpu_gem_create_ioctl() and amdgpu_mode_dumb_create(). The KFD path was missing this flag, allowing stale page table remnants to leak into user buffers. This causes crashes in RCCL P2P transport where non-zero data in ptrExchange/head/tail fields corrupts the protocol handshake.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.90-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.0.9-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.0.9-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | โ |
| bookworm | Affected | โ |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047d44d8d29a6a1a5757256837aa9dd78e3cd0b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1db431380879fd9d28b763a88a0c0431be5be8df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b153658f017ad2f5bf8aab479e8d16ac95bc3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77d0b5d11387071770246fd0185a69fa28e8e109
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad52d61d82181dbdb7f05826de38352d5e550cc2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46229
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-46229
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46229.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.