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Linux Kernel: AMD Graphics Driver Reset Causes System Crashes

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23213
Summary

A bug in the Linux kernel's AMD graphics driver can cause system crashes or freezes when resetting the graphics card. This happens because the driver tries to access the graphics card while it's being reset, which can lead to unfinished tasks causing system errors. To fix this, the kernel developers have added a flag to temporarily prevent driver access to the graphics card during reset, preventing crashes.

What to do

No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.

Affected software
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canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-lts-xenial All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-hwe All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-hwe All versions
canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-hwe All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
canonical linux-ibm-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-oem All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-raspi-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-bluefield All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-ibm-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-iot All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-ibm-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
canonical linux-intel-iotg All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
canonical linux-bluefield All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime-6.8 All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime-6.14 All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
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 tempora...
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)
Published: 18 Feb 2026 · Updated: 13 Mar 2026 · First seen: 9 Mar 2026