CVE-2024-44982 — Incomplete Cleanup in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: cleanup FB if dpu_format_populate_layout fails
If the dpu_format_populate_layout() fails, then FB is prepared, but not
cleaned up. This ends up leaking the pin_count on the GEM object and
causes a splat during DRM file closure:
msm_obj->pin_count
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 569 at drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c:121 update_lru_locked+0xc4/0xcc
[...]
Call trace:
update_lru_locked+0xc4/0xcc
put_pages+0xac/0x100
msm_gem_free…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6