Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8 xe drm_dev_enter memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8 and classified as critical. The affected element is the function drm_dev_enter of the component xe. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-57844. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function drm_dev_enter of the component xe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix fault on fd close after unbind If userspace holds an fd open, unbinds the device and then closes it, the driver shouldn't try to access the hardware. Protect it by using drm_dev_enter()/drm_dev_exit(). This fixes the following page fault: [IGT] xe_wedged: exiting, ret=98 BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc901bc5e508c #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page ... xe_lrc_update_timestamp+0x1c/0xd0 [xe] xe_exec_queue_update_run_ticks+0x50/0xb0 [xe] xe_exec_queue_fini+0x16/0xb0 [xe] __guc_exec_queue_fini_async+0xc4/0x190 [xe] guc_exec_queue_fini_async+0xa0/0xe0 [xe] guc_exec_queue_fini+0x23/0x40 [xe] xe_exec_queue_destroy+0xb3/0xf0 [xe] xe_file_close+0xd4/0x1a0 [xe] drm_file_free+0x210/0x280 [drm] drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x6d/0x80 [drm] drm_release_noglobal+0x20/0x90 [drm] (cherry picked from commit 4ca1fd418338d4d135428a0eb1e16e3b3ce17ee8)

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-57844 since 01/15/2025. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/08/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.12.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 924d43bd10a1f6723ac5181a6e6cc2196ba98cdd/fe39b222a4139354d32ff9d46b88757f63f71d63 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 EUVD (EUVD-2024-53772) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0105). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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