CVE-2020-7053

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7053

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7053.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.2.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.2.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.2.6-1
debian debiansidfixed5.2.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.2.6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.