{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-53133", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-11-19T17:17:24.996Z", "datePublished": "2024-12-04T14:20:39.077Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:43:58.377Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:43:58.377Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Handle dml allocation failure to avoid crash\n\n[Why]\nIn the case where a dml allocation fails for any reason, the\ncurrent state's dml contexts would no longer be valid. Then\nsubsequent calls dc_state_copy_internal would shallow copy\ninvalid memory and if the new state was released, a double\nfree would occur.\n\n[How]\nReset dml pointers in new_state to NULL and avoid invalid\npointer\n\n(cherry picked from commit bcafdc61529a48f6f06355d78eb41b3aeda5296c)" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is reached through the DRM atomic modeset ioctl (`DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ATOMIC`) on `/dev/dri/card*`, requiring local access to the graphics device node. No network or physical-only interface is involved.\nAC:L - The trigger is a `kzalloc` failure of a multi-hundred-KB `struct dml2_context`, a high-order allocation that fails readily under memory pressure/fragmentation the attacker can induce, and the attacker can retry indefinitely with cheap `DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY` commits until it hits; once it hits, the dangling pointer persists in the global DM state.\nPR:L - An unprivileged local user with access to the AMD GPU device node (the logged-in seat/console user, a video-group member, or the compositor on Android/kiosk/embedded systems) can hold DRM master and issue atomic commits; no root or capability in the init namespace is needed.\nUI:N - The attacker performs the ioctl and the memory-pressure setup entirely on their own; no victim action is required, and subsequent UAF/double-free is then triggered by the attacker's own further atomic commits.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to kernel heap memory within the same security authority; there is no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossed.\nC:H - After the erroneous free, `dml21_copy()` memcpys `sizeof(struct dml2_instance)` from a pointer read out of the freed (attacker-reclaimable) `dml2_context`, giving a controlled-source arbitrary kernel read; use-after-free of a large heap object is scored High.\nI:H - The bug yields a double free of the dml2 context plus an arbitrary `kfree()` of a pointer read from freed memory, classic heap-corruption primitives that can be leveraged into arbitrary write and control-flow hijack.\nA:H - The immediate observable effect is a kernel crash — the commit is explicitly titled \"avoid crash\", and the double free / dangling dml2 dereference will oops or panic the machine." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_state.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "abd26a3252cbd1a3ae4e46d37596d176fe50b41a", "lessThan": "874ff59cde8fc525112dda26b501a1bac17dde9f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "abd26a3252cbd1a3ae4e46d37596d176fe50b41a", "lessThan": "6825cb07b79ffeb1d90ffaa7a1227462cdca34ae", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2064f7529dfe0305d6fafda77fdf66701d428db5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "6.7.12", "lessThan": "6.8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_state.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.8", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.8", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.11.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.11.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.11.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.8", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7.12" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874ff59cde8fc525112dda26b501a1bac17dde9f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6825cb07b79ffeb1d90ffaa7a1227462cdca34ae" } ], "title": "drm/amd/display: Handle dml allocation failure to avoid crash", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.8, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2024-53133", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T20:10:09.297223Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-415", "description": "CWE-415 Double Free" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T20:17:09.922Z" } } ] } }