CVE-2024-36914 drm/amd/display: Skip on writeback when it's not applicable
A slab-out-of-bounds memory error in the AMD display driver can cause a kernel crash when writeback connectors are used.
- 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-2024-36914?
CVE-2024-36914 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:
drm/amd/display: Skip on writeback when it's not applicable
[WHY] dynamic memory safety error detector (KASAN) catches and generates error messages "BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds" as writeback connector does not support certain features which are not initialized.
[HOW] Skip them when connector type is DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_WRITEBACK.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36914?
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-2024-36914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-67437, BELL-CVE-2024-36914, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36914, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-36914, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-36914, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36914.