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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-44979

CVE-2024-44979

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault

On driver reload we never free up the memory for the pagefault and access counter workqueues. Add those destroy calls here.

(cherry picked from commit 7586fc52b14e0b8edd0d1f8a434e0de2078b7b2b)

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8

Linux/Kernel7 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.10.7
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 6.8
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.10.7

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