Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2024-57918

None

CVSS

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EPSS

0.2%

Published

Jan 19, 2025

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Next patch cycle SSVC: Track

A bug in how certain AMD graphics chips handle screen overlays can cause the computer to crash when running graphics programs.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Local User
Complexity
Moderate
Impact
Denial Of Service
Component
OS kernel
Class
Memory Corruption
Remediation
Upgrade
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

Mismatched definitions of maximum surfaces in the AMD display driver (MAX_SURFACES vs MAX_SURFACE_NUM) lead to invalid memory access during stream updates in copy_stream_update_to_stream, resulting in a kernel page fault on systems with two overlay planes.

Why it matters to the business

Affected Linux systems with AMD graphics may experience sudden crashes or display instability during graphics operations, disrupting workloads on desktops, servers, or embedded devices using those GPUs; low exploit likelihood reduces immediate widespread risk but still requires prompt patching.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker with local access triggers a display state commit that exercises cursor overlay mode on supported AMD hardware, causing the driver to dereference an out-of-bounds or invalid address in the stream update path and fault the kernel.

How to fix it

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing commit 37b8de96ae48c7bb1a17cd5585195c43fcacbe94 or later; rebuild and reboot with the patched kernel. Where distribution backports are available, apply those updates instead of mainline.

How to confirm the fix worked

Confirm the running kernel contains the fix commit or the consolidated MAX_SURFACES definition; attempt reproduction of the original page fault scenario on patched hardware and verify absence of the fault; review dmesg for successful display commits without Oops entries.

Typical attack path

  1. Obtain local code execution on the target system
  2. Configure or trigger graphics operations that enable cursor overlay mode on AMD display hardware supporting multiple overlay planes
  3. Force a display commit via user-space graphics API or direct DRM ioctl
  4. Driver path copy_stream_update_to_stream reads invalid memory and triggers page fault

How to detect it

Search kernel logs for page fault Oops entries referencing copy_stream_update_to_stream and amdgpu during commit_work; correlate with workloads involving overlay or cursor planes on AMD hardware.

What your security team should do

  • Prioritize kernel updates on all AMD GPU systems within standard patch windows given the kernel memory corruption nature
  • Monitor EPSS and KEV status for any future increase in exploit activity
  • Test display workloads on patched kernels before broad deployment
  • Restrict untrusted local access on systems until updated

The record

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 <0f> 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] <TASK> [ +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] </TASK> (cherry picked from commit 1c86c81a86c60f9b15d3e3f43af0363cf56063e7)

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:13 linux 0 No fix
Debian:13 linux 0 6.12.10-1
Linux Kernel 6.11.0 6.12.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS:for:NVIDIA:BlueField linux-bluefield 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11 0 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.11 0 6.11.0-1017.17
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oem-6.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-lowlatency 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-lowlatency 0 6.11.0-1011.12
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-raspi 0 6.11.0-1010.10
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:24.10 linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix

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