CVE-2024-26986 drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure
A memory leak in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering process creation failures during GPU resets.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-26986?
CVE-2024-26986 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, 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/amdkfd: Fix memory leak in create_process failure
Fix memory leak due to a leaked mmget reference on an error handling code path that is triggered when attempting to create KFD processes while a GPU reset is in progress.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26986?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26986?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-26986 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26986 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26986, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26986, GHSA-86v6-w4rr-wrw5, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26986.