CVE-2024-26912

drm/nouveau: fix several DMA buffer leaks

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2024 at 03:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix several DMA buffer leaks Nouveau manages GSP-RM DMA buffers with nvkm_gsp_mem objects. Several of these buffers are never dealloced. Some of them can be deallocated right after GSP-RM is initialized, but the rest need to stay until the driver unloads. Also futher bullet-proof these objects by poisoning the buffer and clearing the nvkm_gsp_mem object when it is deallocated. Poisoning the buffer should trigger an error (or crash) from GSP-RM if it tries to access the buffer after we've deallocated it, because we were wrong about when it is safe to deallocate. Finally, change the mem->size field to a size_t because that's the same type that dma_alloc_coherent expects.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.7 ≤ v < 6.7.66.7 ≤ v < 6.86.7.0 < v < 6.7.6176fdcbddfd288408ce8571c1760ad618d9620966.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 42b5f83841fbf7ce39474412db3b5e4765a7ea7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6190d4c08897d748dd25f0b78267a90aa1694e15 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/042b5f83841fbf7ce39474412db3b5e4765a7ea7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6190d4c08897d748dd25f0b78267a90aa1694e15

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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