Linux Kernel up to 6.11.6 drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.6. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic. Performing a manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-50214. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.11.6. This affects the function drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() modprobe drm_connector_test and then rmmod drm_connector_test, the following memory leak occurs. The `mode` allocated in drm_mode_duplicate() called by drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() is not freed, which cause the memory leak: unreferenced object 0xffffff80cb0ee400 (size 128): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1948, jiffies 4294950339 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 14 44 02 00 80 07 d8 07 04 08 98 08 00 00 38 04 .D............8. 3c 04 41 04 65 04 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <.A.e........... backtrace (crc 90e9585c): [] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [] drm_mode_duplicate+0x44/0x19c [] drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic+0x88/0x98 [] 0xffffffdc982a4868 [] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ...... Free `mode` by using drm_kunit_display_mode_from_cea_vic() to fix it.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-50214 since 10/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216493 (Ubuntu 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7276-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.11.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch df2b00685cd3/926163342a2e is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (216493) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3397). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source eCryptfs
• Siemens SIMATIC S7
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5
• 6.11.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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