Vulnerability · Published Nov 8, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50187drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed Upon closing the file descriptor, the active performance monitor is not stopped. Although all perfmons are destroyed in `vc4_perfmon_close_file()`, the active performance monitor's pointer (`vc4->active_perfmon`) is still retained. If we open a new file descriptor and submit a few jobs with performance monitors, the driver will attempt to stop the active performance monitor using the stale pointer in `vc4->active_perfmon`. However, this pointer is no longer valid because the previous process has already terminated, and all performance monitors associated with it have been destroyed and freed. To fix this, when the active performance monitor belongs to a given process, explicitly stop it before destroying and freeing it.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50187
Debian:13linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50187
Debian:14linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-56.58UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1026.28~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1024.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1024.27~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1024.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50187

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 – before 75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc96765101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 – before 937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba065101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 – before c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf51365101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 – before 0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22
Linux Linux 4.17

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