CVE-2024-26985 drm/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init

What is CVE-2024-26985?

CVE-2024-26985 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init

Add a unreference bo in the error path, to prevent leaking a bo ref.

Return 0 on success to clarify the success path.

(cherry picked from commit a2f3d731be3893e730417ae3190760fcaffdf549)

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26985?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-26985?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-26985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26985, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26985, GHSA-vv6j-gm22-qxx9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26985.