# CVE-2024-49943: drm/xe/guc_submit: add missing locking in wedged_fini

> A missing lock in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU driver allows a use-after-free, potentially enabling local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-49943, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49943, GHSA-v5pw-w6w2-2r5q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49943

## What is CVE-2024-49943?

CVE-2024-49943 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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/xe/guc_submit: add missing locking in wedged_fini

Any non-wedged queue can have a zero refcount here and can be running
concurrently with an async queue destroy, therefore dereferencing the
queue ptr to check wedge status after the lookup can trigger UAF if
queue is not wedged.  Fix this by keeping the submission_state lock held
around the check to postpone the free and make the check safe, before
dropping again around the put() to avoid the deadlock.

(cherry picked from commit d28af0b6b9580b9f90c265a7da0315b0ad20bbfd)

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49943?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49943?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2024-49943 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49943 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-49943 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-2024-49943/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49943/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49943
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49943
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49943

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49943/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.