# CVE-2024-26656: drm/amdgpu: fix use-after-free bug

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the AMDGPU DRM driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted ioctl call.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-58770, BELL-CVE-2024-26656, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26656, GHSA-cmxf-xmv7-xjq8, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-26656, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-26656, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26656

## What is CVE-2024-26656?

CVE-2024-26656 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu: fix use-after-free bug

The bug can be triggered by sending a single amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl
to the AMDGPU DRM driver on any ASICs with an invalid address and size.
The bug was reported by Joonkyo Jung <joonkyoj@yonsei.ac.kr>.
For example the following code:

static void Syzkaller1(int fd)
{
	struct drm_amdgpu_gem_userptr arg;
	int ret;

	arg.addr = 0xffffffffffff0000;
	arg.size = 0x80000000; /*2 Gb*/
	arg.flags = 0x7;
	ret = drmIoctl(fd, 0xc1186451/*amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl*/, &arg);
}

Due to the address and size are not valid there is a failure in
amdgpu_hmm_register->mmu_interval_notifier_insert->__mmu_interval_notifier_insert->
check_shl_overflow, but we even the amdgpu_hmm_register failure we still call
amdgpu_hmm_unregister into  amdgpu_gem_object_free which causes access to a bad address.
The following stack is below when the issue is reproduced when Kazan is enabled:

[  +0.000014] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI), BIOS 1401 12/03/2020
[  +0.000009] RIP: 0010:mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x327/0x340
[  +0.000017] Code: ff ff 49 89 44 24 08 48 b8 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 4c 89 f7 49 89 47 40 48 83 c0 22 49 89 47 48 e8 ce d1 2d 01 e9 32 ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 16 ff ff ff 4c 89 ef e8 fa 14 b3 ff e9 36 ff ff ff e8 80
[  +0.000014] RSP: 0018:ffffc90002657988 EFLAGS: 00010246
[  +0.000013] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 1ffff920004caf35 RCX: ffffffff8160565b
[  +0.000011] RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff8881a9f78260
[  +0.000010] RBP: ffffc90002657a70 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520004caf25
[  +0.000010] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8161d1d6 R12: ffff88810e988c00
[  +0.000010] R13: ffff888126fb5a00 R14: ffff88810e988c0c R15: ffff8881a9f78260
[  +0.000011] FS:  00007ff9ec848540(0000) GS:ffff8883cc880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  +0.000012] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  +0.000010] CR2: 000055b3f7e14328 CR3: 00000001b5770000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
[  +0.000010] Call Trace:
[  +0.000006]  <TASK>
[  +0.000007]  ? show_regs+0x6a/0x80
[  +0.000018]  ? __warn+0xa5/0x1b0
[  +0.000019]  ? mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x327/0x340
[  +0.000018]  ? report_bug+0x24a/0x290
[  +0.000022]  ? handle_bug+0x46/0x90
[  +0.000015]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x19/0x50
[  +0.000016]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20
[  +0.000017]  ? kasan_save_stack+0x26/0x50
[  +0.000017]  ? mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x23b/0x340
[  +0.000019]  ? mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x327/0x340
[  +0.000019]  ? mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x23b/0x340
[  +0.000020]  ? __pfx_mmu_interval_notifier_remove+0x10/0x10
[  +0.000017]  ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1e/0x30
[  +0.000018]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000014]  ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xb1/0xc0
[  +0.000018]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000013]  ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20
[  +0.000020]  amdgpu_hmm_unregister+0x34/0x50 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004695]  amdgpu_gem_object_free+0x66/0xa0 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004534]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_object_free+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004291]  ? do_syscall_64+0x5f/0xe0
[  +0.000023]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000017]  drm_gem_object_free+0x3b/0x50 [drm]
[  +0.000489]  amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl+0x306/0x500 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004295]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004270]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000014]  ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20
[  +0.000015]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000013]  ? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x57/0xc0
[  +0.000020]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000014]  ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1b/0x20
[  +0.000022]  ? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x17b/0x1f0 [drm]
[  +0.000496]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004272]  ? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x190/0x1f0 [drm]
[  +0.000492]  drm_ioctl_kernel+0x140/0x1f0 [drm]
[  +0.000497]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_gem_userptr_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]
[  +0.004297]  ? __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [d
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26656?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26656?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26656 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26656 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26656/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26656/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26656
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26656
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26656

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