CVE-2024-46698

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.5-6.10.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference in sysfb_disable()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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()

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.5.0 - 6.10.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.5
Linux/Linux 485ec8f8e1d8ae12aa1daa5ad345ba8940ad2db7
Linux/Linux 5ae3716cfdcd286268133867f67d0803847acefc - 17e78f43de0c6da34204cc858b4cc05671ea9acf
Linux/Linux 5ae3716cfdcd286268133867f67d0803847acefc - b49420d6a1aeb399e5b107fc6eb8584d0860fbd7
Linux/Linux 6.1.47 - 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.10.8 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.5
linux/linux_kernel 6.11 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
... and 1 more
Published Sep 13, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026