CVE-2024-53071

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.11.8 - Unauthenticated Memory Mapping Bypass via DRM Panthor IO Flags

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: Be stricter about IO mapping flags The current panthor_device_mmap_io() implementation has two issues: 1. For mapping DRM_PANTHOR_USER_FLUSH_ID_MMIO_OFFSET, panthor_device_mmap_io() bails if VM_WRITE is set, but does not clear VM_MAYWRITE. That means userspace can use mprotect() to make the mapping writable later on. This is a classic Linux driver gotcha. I don't think this actually has any impact in practice: When the GPU is powered, writes to the FLUSH_ID seem to be ignored; and when the GPU is not powered, the dummy_latest_flush page provided by the driver is deliberately designed to not do any flushes, so the only thing writing to the dummy_latest_flush could achieve would be to make *more* flushes happen. 2. panthor_device_mmap_io() does not block MAP_PRIVATE mappings (which are mappings without the VM_SHARED flag). MAP_PRIVATE in combination with VM_MAYWRITE indicates that the VMA has copy-on-write semantics, which for VM_PFNMAP are semi-supported but fairly cursed. In particular, in such a mapping, the driver can only install PTEs during mmap() by calling remap_pfn_range() (because remap_pfn_range() wants to **store the physical address of the mapped physical memory into the vm_pgoff of the VMA**); installing PTEs later on with a fault handler (as panthor does) is not supported in private mappings, and so if you try to fault in such a mapping, vmf_insert_pfn_prot() splats when it hits a BUG() check. Fix it by clearing the VM_MAYWRITE flag (userspace writing to the FLUSH_ID doesn't make sense) and requiring VM_SHARED (copy-on-write semantics for the FLUSH_ID don't make sense). Reproducers for both scenarios are in the notes of my patch on the mailing list; I tested that these bugs exist on a Rock 5B machine. Note that I only compile-tested the patch, I haven't tested it; I don't have a working kernel build setup for the test machine yet. Please test it before applying it.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.4%
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

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.11.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 5fe909cae118a757a77afb37174b99436a36d2e2 - 2604afd65043e8f9d4be036cb1242adf6b5723cf
Linux/Linux 5fe909cae118a757a77afb37174b99436a36d2e2 - f432a1621f049bb207e78363d9d0e3c6fa2da5db
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.11.8 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12
linux/linux_kernel 6.12 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.10 - 6.11.8
Published Nov 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026