# CVE-2024-35927: drm: Check output polling initialized before disabling > A missing initialization check in the Linux kernel DRM subsystem causes a null pointer dereference and system crash during suspend on drivers without polling support. - **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 19 May 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-35927, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35927, GHSA-hf83-4cf4-3g22, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35927 ## What is CVE-2024-35927? CVE-2024-35927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 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: Check output polling initialized before disabling In drm_kms_helper_poll_disable() check if output polling support is initialized before disabling polling. If not flag this as a warning. Additionally in drm_mode_config_helper_suspend() and drm_mode_config_helper_resume() calls, that re the callers of these functions, avoid invoking them if polling is not initialized. For drivers like hyperv-drm, that do not initialize connector polling, if suspend is called without this check, it leads to suspend failure with following stack [ 770.719392] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.001 seconds) done. [ 770.720592] printk: Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug) [ 770.948823] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 770.948824] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 17197 at kernel/workqueue.c:3162 __flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 [ 770.948831] Modules linked in: rfkill nft_counter xt_conntrack xt_owner udf nft_compat crc_itu_t nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink vfat fat mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core mlx5_core intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common kvm_amd ccp mlxfw kvm psample hyperv_drm tls drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper irqbypass pcspkr syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt hv_balloon hv_utils joydev drm fuse xfs libcrc32c pci_hyperv pci_hyperv_intf sr_mod sd_mod cdrom t10_pi sg hv_storvsc scsi_transport_fc hv_netvsc serio_raw hyperv_keyboard hid_hyperv crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel hv_vmbus ghash_clmulni_intel dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 770.948863] CPU: 1 PID: 17197 Comm: systemd-sleep Not tainted 5.14.0-362.2.1.el9_3.x86_64 #1 [ 770.948865] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 05/09/2022 [ 770.948866] RIP: 0010:__flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 [ 770.948869] Code: 8b 4d 00 4c 8b 45 08 89 ca 48 c1 e9 04 83 e2 08 83 e1 0f 83 ca 02 89 c8 48 0f ba 6d 00 03 e9 25 ff ff ff 0f 0b e9 4e ff ff ff <0f> 0b 45 31 ed e9 44 ff ff ff e8 8f 89 b2 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 [ 770.948870] RSP: 0018:ffffaf4ac213fb10 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 770.948871] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8c992857 [ 770.948872] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9aad82b00330 [ 770.948873] RBP: ffff9aad82b00330 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff9aad87ee3d10 [ 770.948874] R10: 0000000000000200 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9aad82b00330 [ 770.948874] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 770.948875] FS: 00007ff1b2f6bb40(0000) GS:ffff9aaf37d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 770.948878] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 770.948878] CR2: 0000555f345cb666 CR3: 00000001462dc005 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [ 770.948879] Call Trace: [ 770.948880] [ 770.948881] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [ 770.948884] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [ 770.948886] ? __cancel_work_timer+0x103/0x190 [ 770.948887] ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 [ 770.948889] ? __warn+0x81/0x110 [ 770.948891] ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 [ 770.948892] ? report_bug+0x10a/0x140 [ 770.948895] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 [ 770.948898] ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x70 [ 770.948899] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 770.948903] ? __flush_work.isra.0+0x212/0x230 [ 770.948905] __cancel_work_timer+0x103/0x190 [ 770.948907] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xa/0x30 [ 770.948910] drm_kms_helper_poll_disable+0x1e/0x40 [drm_kms_helper] [ 770.948923] drm_mode_config_helper_suspend+0x1c/0x80 [drm_kms_helper] [ 770.948933] ? __pfx_vmbus_suspend+0x10/0x10 [hv_vmbus] [ 770.948942] hyperv_vmbus_suspend+0x17/0x40 [hyperv_drm] [ 770.948944] ? __pfx_vmbus_suspend+0x10/0x10 [hv_vmbus] [ 770.948951] dpm_run_callback+0x4c/0x140 [ 770.948954] __device_suspend_noir ---truncated--- ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35927? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-35927? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2024-35927 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35927 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35927 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-35927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 May 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-2024-35927 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-2024-35927/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35927/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35927 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35927 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35927 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35927/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.