CVE-2024-42260 drm/v3d: Validate passed in drm syncobj handles in the performance extension

What is CVE-2024-42260?

CVE-2024-42260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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/v3d: Validate passed in drm syncobj handles in the performance extension

If userspace provides an unknown or invalid handle anywhere in the handle array the rest of the driver will not handle that well.

Fix it by checking handle was looked up successfully or otherwise fail the extension by jumping into the existing unwind.

(cherry picked from commit a546b7e4d73c23838d7e4d2c92882b3ca902d213)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42260?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42260?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-42260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-42260, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42260, GHSA-xjqc-gcmf-pwgc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42260.