CVE-2024-50187
Vulnerability in NVIDIA Linux Driver: UnIntialized Perfmon Object Use
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed Upon closing the file descriptor, the active performance monitor is not stopped. Although all perfmons are destroyed in `vc4_perfmon_close_file()`, the active performance monitor's pointer (`vc4->active_perfmon`) is still retained. If we open a new file descriptor and submit a few jobs with performance monitors, the driver will attempt to stop the active performance monitor using the stale pointer in `vc4->active_perfmon`. However, this pointer is no longer valid because the previous process has already terminated, and all performance monitors associated with it have been destroyed and freed. To fix this, when the active performance monitor belongs to a given process, explicitly stop it before destroying and freeing it.
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Published Date :
Nov. 8, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 27, 2024, 9:33 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.17 up to (excluding) 6.1.113 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.57 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.11.4 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba0 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba0 Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf513 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf513 Patch -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Nov. 08, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed Upon closing the file descriptor, the active performance monitor is not stopped. Although all perfmons are destroyed in `vc4_perfmon_close_file()`, the active performance monitor's pointer (`vc4->active_perfmon`) is still retained. If we open a new file descriptor and submit a few jobs with performance monitors, the driver will attempt to stop the active performance monitor using the stale pointer in `vc4->active_perfmon`. However, this pointer is no longer valid because the previous process has already terminated, and all performance monitors associated with it have been destroyed and freed. To fix this, when the active performance monitor belongs to a given process, explicitly stop it before destroying and freeing it. Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba0 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf513 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22 [No types assigned]
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