CVE-2024-50117 drm/amd: Guard against bad data for ATIF ACPI method
A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel AMD GPU driver allows a local attacker to cause a system crash via malformed ACPI data.
- 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-2024-50117?
CVE-2024-50117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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: Guard against bad data for ATIF ACPI method
If a BIOS provides bad data in response to an ATIF method call this causes a NULL pointer dereference in the caller.
``` ? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:478 (discriminator 1)) ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:423 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434) ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:544 (discriminator 2) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:705 (discriminator 2)) ? do_user_addr_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:440 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1232 (discriminator 1)) ? acpi_ut_update_object_reference (drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:642) ? exc_page_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1542) ? asm_exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623) ? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:387 (discriminator 2)) amdgpu ? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:386 (discriminator 1)) amdgpu ```
It has been encountered on at least one system, so guard for it.
(cherry picked from commit c9b7c809b89f24e9372a4e7f02d64c950b07fdee)
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50117?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-50117?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-50117 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50117 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-52471, AZL-52500, BELL-CVE-2024-50117, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50117, GHSA-5wxq-6p7v-m87w, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50117.