CVE-2024-43901

drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference for DTN log in DCN401

CVE-2024-43901 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43901, released August 26, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0018
7th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference for DTN log in DCN401 When users run the command: cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_dm_dtn_log The following NULL pointer dereference happens: [ +0.000003] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: NULL [ +0.000005] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode [ +0.000002] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page [ +0.000002] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ +0.000004] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ +0.000003] RIP: 0010:0x0 [ +0.000008] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. [...] [ +0.000002] PKRU: 55555554 [ +0.000002] Call Trace: [ +0.000002] <TASK> [ +0.000003] ? show_regs+0x65/0x70 [ +0.000006] ? __die+0x24/0x70 [ +0.000004] ? page_fault_oops+0x160/0x470 [ +0.000006] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2b5/0x690 [ +0.000003] ? prb_read_valid+0x1c/0x30 [ +0.000005] ? exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x1a0 [ +0.000005] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ +0.000012] dcn10_log_color_state+0xf9/0x510 [amdgpu] [ +0.000306] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000003] ? vsnprintf+0x2fb/0x600 [ +0.000009] dcn10_log_hw_state+0xfd0/0xfe0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000218] ? __mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0xe8/0x170 [ +0.000008] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000002] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ +0.000003] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000002] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000002] ? set_ptes.isra.0+0x2b/0x90 [ +0.000004] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000002] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x19/0x40 [ +0.000004] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000002] ? do_anonymous_page+0x337/0x700 [ +0.000004] dtn_log_read+0x82/0x120 [amdgpu] [ +0.000207] full_proxy_read+0x66/0x90 [ +0.000007] vfs_read+0xb0/0x340 [ +0.000005] ? __count_memcg_events+0x79/0xe0 [ +0.000002] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000003] ? count_memcg_events.constprop.0+0x1e/0x40 [ +0.000003] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x370 [ +0.000003] ksys_read+0x6b/0xf0 [ +0.000004] __x64_sys_read+0x19/0x20 [ +0.000003] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x130 [ +0.000004] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 [ +0.000003] RIP: 0033:0x7fdf32f147e2 [...] This error happens when the color log tries to read the gamut remap information from DCN401 which is not initialized in the dcn401_dpp_funcs which leads to a null pointer dereference. This commit addresses this issue by adding a proper guard to access the gamut_remap callback in case the specific ASIC did not implement this function.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.10.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43901 Aug 26, 2024
linux · Debian 14 6.10.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43901 Aug 26, 2024

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