CVE-2024-46698

MEDIUM EPSS 8.5%
Published Sep 13, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 13, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video/aperture: optionally match the device in sysfb_disable() In aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(), we currently only call sysfb_disable() on vga class devices. This leads to the following problem when the pimary device is not VGA compatible: 1. A PCI device with a non-VGA class is the boot display 2. That device is probed first and it is not a VGA device so sysfb_disable() is not called, but the device resources are freed by aperture_detach_platform_device() 3. Non-primary GPU has a VGA class and it ends up calling sysfb_disable() 4. NULL pointer dereference via sysfb_disable() since the resources have already been freed by aperture_detach_platform_device() when it was called by the other device. Fix this by passing a device pointer to sysfb_disable() and checking the device to determine if we should execute it or not. v2: Fix build when CONFIG_SCREEN_INFO is not set v3: Move device check into the mutex Drop primary variable in aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices() Drop __init on pci sysfb_pci_dev_is_enabled()

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
8.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.5  –  <6.10.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e78f43de0c6da34204cc858b4cc05671ea9acf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49420d6a1aeb399e5b107fc6eb8584d0860fbd7
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e78f43de0c6da34204cc858b4cc05671ea9acf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49420d6a1aeb399e5b107fc6eb8584d0860fbd7
    Patch