CVE-2024-40926

MEDIUM EPSS 14.7%
Published Jul 12, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 12, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: don't attempt to schedule hpd_work on headless cards If the card doesn't have display hardware, hpd_work and hpd_lock are left uninitialized which causes BUG when attempting to schedule hpd_work on runtime PM resume. Fix it by adding headless flag to DRM and skip any hpd if it's set.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-908

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.9.6
linuxlinux_kernel6.10any
linuxlinux_kernel6.10any
linuxlinux_kernel6.10any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/227349998e5740f14d531b0f0d704e66b1ed3c2f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b96a225377b6602299a03d2ce3c289b68cd41bb7
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/227349998e5740f14d531b0f0d704e66b1ed3c2f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b96a225377b6602299a03d2ce3c289b68cd41bb7
    Patch