# CVE-2024-36018: nouveau/uvmm: fix addr/range calcs for remap operations

> A flaw in the nouveau driver's remap operations causes page table corruption, leading to a kernel oops and denial of service.

- **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:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-36018, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36018, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36018

## What is CVE-2024-36018?

CVE-2024-36018 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 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:

nouveau/uvmm: fix addr/range calcs for remap operations

dEQP-VK.sparse_resources.image_rebind.2d_array.r64i.128_128_8
was causing a remap operation like the below.

op_remap: prev: 0000003fffed0000 00000000000f0000 00000000a5abd18a 0000000000000000
op_remap: next:
op_remap: unmap: 0000003fffed0000 0000000000100000 0
op_map: map: 0000003ffffc0000 0000000000010000 000000005b1ba33c 00000000000e0000

This was resulting in an unmap operation from 0x3fffed0000+0xf0000, 0x100000
which was corrupting the pagetables and oopsing the kernel.

Fixes the prev + unmap range calcs to use start/end and map back to addr/range.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36018?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36018?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36018 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-2024-36018 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36018 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 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-2024-36018 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-2024-36018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36018/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36018
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36018
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36018

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36018/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.