# CVE-2024-57918: drm/amd/display: fix page fault due to max surface definition mismatch

> A mismatch in surface definitions causes a page fault and kernel crash in the AMD display driver, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 19 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-57918, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57918, GHSA-3rfq-r5xw-wgg3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57918

## What is CVE-2024-57918?

CVE-2024-57918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jan 2025. 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: fix page fault due to max surface definition mismatch

DC driver is using two different values to define the maximum number of
surfaces: MAX_SURFACES and MAX_SURFACE_NUM. Consolidate MAX_SURFACES as
the unique definition for surface updates across DC.

It fixes page fault faced by Cosmic users on AMD display versions that
support two overlay planes, since the introduction of cursor overlay
mode.

[Nov26 21:33] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000051d0f08b
[  +0.000015] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[  +0.000006] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[  +0.000005] PGD 0 P4D 0
[  +0.000007] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[  +0.000006] CPU: 4 PID: 71 Comm: kworker/u32:6 Not tainted 6.10.0+ #300
[  +0.000006] Hardware name: Valve Jupiter/Jupiter, BIOS F7A0131 01/30/2024
[  +0.000007] Workqueue: events_unbound commit_work [drm_kms_helper]
[  +0.000040] RIP: 0010:copy_stream_update_to_stream.isra.0+0x30d/0x750 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000847] Code: 8b 10 49 89 94 24 f8 00 00 00 48 8b 50 08 49 89 94 24 00 01 00 00 8b 40 10 41 89 84 24 08 01 00 00 49 8b 45 78 48 85 c0 74 0b <0f> b6 00 41 88 84 24 90 64 00 00 49 8b 45 60 48 85 c0 74 3b 48 8b
[  +0.000010] RSP: 0018:ffffc203802f79a0 EFLAGS: 00010206
[  +0.000009] RAX: 0000000051d0f08b RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: ffff9f964f0a8070
[  +0.000004] RDX: ffff9f9710f90e40 RSI: ffff9f96600c8000 RDI: ffff9f964f000000
[  +0.000004] RBP: ffffc203802f79f8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[  +0.000005] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9f96600c8000
[  +0.000004] R13: ffff9f9710f90e40 R14: ffff9f964f000000 R15: ffff9f96600c8000
[  +0.000004] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f9970000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  +0.000005] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  +0.000005] CR2: 0000000051d0f08b CR3: 00000002e6a20000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
[  +0.000005] Call Trace:
[  +0.000011]  <TASK>
[  +0.000010]  ? __die_body.cold+0x19/0x27
[  +0.000012]  ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x2d0
[  +0.000014]  ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x180
[  +0.000009]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[  +0.000013]  ? copy_stream_update_to_stream.isra.0+0x30d/0x750 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000739]  ? dc_commit_state_no_check+0xd6c/0xe70 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000470]  update_planes_and_stream_state+0x49b/0x4f0 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000450]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000009]  ? commit_minimal_transition_state+0x239/0x3d0 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000446]  update_planes_and_stream_v2+0x24a/0x590 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000464]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000009]  ? sort+0x31/0x50
[  +0.000007]  ? amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail+0x159f/0x3a30 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000508]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000009]  ? amdgpu_crtc_get_scanout_position+0x28/0x40 [amdgpu]
[  +0.000377]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000009]  ? drm_crtc_vblank_helper_get_vblank_timestamp_internal+0x160/0x390 [drm]
[  +0.000058]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000005]  ? dma_fence_default_wait+0x8c/0x260
[  +0.000010]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000005]  ? wait_for_completion_timeout+0x13b/0x170
[  +0.000006]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
[  +0.000005]  ? dma_fence_wait_timeout+0x108/0x140
[  +0.000010]  ? commit_tail+0x94/0x130 [drm_kms_helper]
[  +0.000024]  ? process_one_work+0x177/0x330
[  +0.000008]  ? worker_thread+0x266/0x3a0
[  +0.000006]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[  +0.000004]  ? kthread+0xd2/0x100
[  +0.000006]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[  +0.000006]  ? ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
[  +0.000004]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[  +0.000005]  ? ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[  +0.000011]  </TASK>

(cherry picked from commit 1c86c81a86c60f9b15d3e3f43af0363cf56063e7)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57918?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-57918?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-57918 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57918 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-57918 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-57918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jan 2025. 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-2024-57918 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-2024-57918/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57918/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57918
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57918
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57918

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