CVE-2024-56652 drm/xe/reg_sr: Remove register pool
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU driver allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- 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-2024-56652?
CVE-2024-56652 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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/reg_sr: Remove register pool
That pool implementation doesn't really work: if the krealloc happens to move the memory and return another address, the entries in the xarray become invalid, leading to use-after-free later:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xe_reg_sr_apply_mmio+0x570/0x760 [xe] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881244b2590 by task modprobe/2753
Allocated by task 2753: kasan_save_stack+0x39/0x70 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x40 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x37/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc+0xc3/0xd0 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x200/0x6d0 krealloc_noprof+0x229/0x380
Simplify the code to fix the bug. A better pooling strategy may be added back later if needed.
(cherry picked from commit e5283bd4dfecbd3335f43b62a68e24dae23f59e4)
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56652?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56652?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-56652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-56652, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56652, GHSA-8p58-276h-xqq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56652.