What is CVE-2024-40924?

CVE-2024-40924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40924?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-40924

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable In some scenarios, the DPT object gets shrunk but the actual framebuffer did not and thus its still there on the DPT's vm->bound_list. Then it tries to rewrite the PTEs via a stale CPU mapping. This causes panic. [vsyrjala: Add TODO comment] (cherry picked from commit 51064d471c53dcc8eddd2333c3f1c1d9131ba36c)

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 0dc987b699ce4266450d407d6d79d41eab88c5d0, 6.0, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.10

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40924?: CVE-2024-40924 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40924?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.