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AMD Graphics Driver: System Freeze or Crash on Reset
CVE-2026-23213
Summary
Certain actions on AMD graphics drivers in Linux can cause the system to freeze or crash. This happens when the driver tries to access the graphics card while it is being reset. To fix this, the driver has been updated to temporarily prevent other parts of the system from accessing the graphics card during reset, preventing system crashes.
Original title
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/pm: Disable MMIO access during SMU Mode 1 reset
During Mode 1 reset, the ASIC undergoes a reset cycle and becomes
tempo...
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/pm: Disable MMIO access during SMU Mode 1 reset
During Mode 1 reset, the ASIC undergoes a reset cycle and becomes
temporarily inaccessible via PCIe. Any attempt to access MMIO registers
during this window (e.g., from interrupt handlers or other driver threads)
can result in uncompleted PCIe transactions, leading to NMI panics or
system hangs.
To prevent this, set the `no_hw_access` flag to true immediately after
triggering the reset. This signals other driver components to skip
register accesses while the device is offline.
A memory barrier `smp_mb()` is added to ensure the flag update is
globally visible to all cores before the driver enters the sleep/wait
state.
(cherry picked from commit 7edb503fe4b6d67f47d8bb0dfafb8e699bb0f8a4)
drm/amd/pm: Disable MMIO access during SMU Mode 1 reset
During Mode 1 reset, the ASIC undergoes a reset cycle and becomes
temporarily inaccessible via PCIe. Any attempt to access MMIO registers
during this window (e.g., from interrupt handlers or other driver threads)
can result in uncompleted PCIe transactions, leading to NMI panics or
system hangs.
To prevent this, set the `no_hw_access` flag to true immediately after
triggering the reset. This signals other driver components to skip
register accesses while the device is offline.
A memory barrier `smp_mb()` is added to ensure the flag update is
globally visible to all cores before the driver enters the sleep/wait
state.
(cherry picked from commit 7edb503fe4b6d67f47d8bb0dfafb8e699bb0f8a4)
Published: 18 Feb 2026 · Updated: 11 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026