Linux Kernel up to 6.12.9/6.13-rc6 AMD Display memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.9/6.13-rc6. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component AMD Display. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-57918. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.9/6.13-rc6 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component AMD Display. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix page fault due to max surface definition mismatch DC driver is using two different values to define the maximum number of surfaces: MAX_SURFACES and MAX_SURFACE_NUM. Consolidate MAX_SURFACES as the unique definition for surface updates across DC. It fixes page fault faced by Cosmic users on AMD display versions that support two overlay planes, since the introduction of cursor overlay mode. [Nov26 21:33] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000051d0f08b [ +0.000015] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ +0.000006] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ +0.000005] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ +0.000007] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ +0.000006] CPU: 4 PID: 71 Comm: kworker/u32:6 Not tainted 6.10.0+ #300 [ +0.000006] Hardware name: Valve Jupiter/Jupiter, BIOS F7A0131 01/30/2024 [ +0.000007] Workqueue: events_unbound commit_work [drm_kms_helper] [ +0.000040] RIP: 0010:copy_stream_update_to_stream.isra.0+0x30d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ +0.000847] Code: 8b 10 49 89 94 24 f8 00 00 00 48 8b 50 08 49 89 94 24 00 01 00 00 8b 40 10 41 89 84 24 08 01 00 00 49 8b 45 78 48 85 c0 74 0b b6 00 41 88 84 24 90 64 00 00 49 8b 45 60 48 85 c0 74 3b 48 8b [ +0.000010] RSP: 0018:ffffc203802f79a0 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ +0.000009] RAX: 0000000051d0f08b RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: ffff9f964f0a8070 [ +0.000004] RDX: ffff9f9710f90e40 RSI: ffff9f96600c8000 RDI: ffff9f964f000000 [ +0.000004] RBP: ffffc203802f79f8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ +0.000005] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9f96600c8000 [ +0.000004] R13: ffff9f9710f90e40 R14: ffff9f964f000000 R15: ffff9f96600c8000 [ +0.000004] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f9970000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ +0.000005] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ +0.000005] CR2: 0000000051d0f08b CR3: 00000002e6a20000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ +0.000005] Call Trace: [ +0.000011] [ +0.000010] ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27 [ +0.000012] ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x2d0 [ +0.000014] ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x180 [ +0.000009] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [ +0.000013] ? copy_stream_update_to_stream.isra.0+0x30d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ +0.000739] ? dc_commit_state_no_check+0xd6c/0xe70 [amdgpu] [ +0.000470] update_planes_and_stream_state+0x49b/0x4f0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000450] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000009] ? commit_minimal_transition_state+0x239/0x3d0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000446] update_planes_and_stream_v2+0x24a/0x590 [amdgpu] [ +0.000464] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000009] ? sort+0x31/0x50 [ +0.000007] ? amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail+0x159f/0x3a30 [amdgpu] [ +0.000508] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000009] ? amdgpu_crtc_get_scanout_position+0x28/0x40 [amdgpu] [ +0.000377] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000009] ? drm_crtc_vblank_helper_get_vblank_timestamp_internal+0x160/0x390 [drm] [ +0.000058] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000005] ? dma_fence_default_wait+0x8c/0x260 [ +0.000010] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000005] ? wait_for_completion_timeout+0x13b/0x170 [ +0.000006] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000005] ? dma_fence_wait_timeout+0x108/0x140 [ +0.000010] ? commit_tail+0x94/0x130 [drm_kms_helper] [ +0.000024] ? process_one_work+0x177/0x330 [ +0.000008] ? worker_thread+0x266/0x3a0 [ +0.000006] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000004] ? kthread+0xd2/0x100 [ +0.000006] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000006] ? ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50 [ +0.000004] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ +0.000005] ? ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ +0.000011] (cherry picked from commit 1c86c81a86c60f9b15d3e3f43af0363cf56063e7)

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-57918 since 01/19/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/17/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 230758 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57918), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.10 or 6.13-rc7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 37b8de96ae48c7bb1a17cd5585195c43fcacbe94/7de8d5c90be9ad9f6575e818a674801db2ada794 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 (230758) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0119). 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
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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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
• 6.12.9
• 6.13-rc1
• 6.13-rc2
• 6.13-rc3
• 6.13-rc4
• 6.13-rc5
• 6.13-rc6

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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