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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-26941 json

drm/dp: Fix divide-by-zero regression on DP MST unplug with nouveau

published 2024-05-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-24203

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/dp: Fix divide-by-zero regression on DP MST unplug with nouveau

Fix a regression when using nouveau and unplugging a StarTech MSTDP122DP DisplayPort 1.2 MST hub (the same regression does not appear when using a Cable Matters DisplayPort 1.4 MST hub). Trace:

divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 7 PID: 2962 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3+ #744 Hardware name: Razer Blade/DANA_MB, BIOS 01.01 08/31/2018 RIP: 0010:drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] Code: c6 b8 01 00 00 00 75 61 01 c6 41 0f af f3 41 0f af f1 c1 e1 04 48 63 c7 31 d2 89 ff 48 8b 5d f8 c9 48 0f af f1 48 8d 44 06 ff <48> f7 f7 31 d2 31 c9 31 f6 31 ff 45 31 c0 45 31 c9 45 31 d2 45 31 RSP: 0018:ffffb2c5c211fa30 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffffffffffffffff RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000f59b00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffb2c5c211fa48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000020 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000023b4a R13: ffff91d37d165800 R14: ffff91d36fac6d80 R15: ffff91d34a764010 FS: 00007f4a1ca3fa80(0000) GS:ffff91d6edbc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000559491d49000 CR3: 000000011d180002 CR4: 00000000003706f0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 ? die+0x37/0xa0 ? do_trap+0xd4/0xf0 ? do_error_trap+0x71/0xb0 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? exc_divide_error+0x3a/0x70 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? asm_exc_divide_error+0x1b/0x20 ? drm_dp_bw_overhead+0xb4/0x110 [drm_display_helper] ? drm_dp_calc_pbn_mode+0x2e/0x70 [drm_display_helper] nv50_msto_atomic_check+0xda/0x120 [nouveau] drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset+0xa87/0xdf0 [drm_kms_helper] drm_atomic_helper_check+0x19/0xa0 [drm_kms_helper] nv50_disp_atomic_check+0x13f/0x2f0 [nouveau] drm_atomic_check_only+0x668/0xb20 [drm] ? drm_connector_list_iter_next+0x86/0xc0 [drm] drm_atomic_commit+0x58/0xd0 [drm] ? __pfx___drm_printfn_info+0x10/0x10 [drm] drm_atomic_connector_commit_dpms+0xd7/0x100 [drm] drm_mode_obj_set_property_ioctl+0x1c5/0x450 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x3b/0x60 [drm] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb9/0x120 [drm] drm_ioctl+0x2d0/0x550 [drm] ? __pfx_drm_connector_property_set_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [drm] nouveau_drm_ioctl+0x61/0xc0 [nouveau] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x76/0x140 ? do_syscall_64+0x85/0x140 ? do_syscall_64+0x85/0x140 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 RIP: 0033:0x7f4a1cd1a94f Code: 00 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 48 8d 44 24 60 c7 04 24 10 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 48 8d 44 24 20 48 89 44 24 10 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <41> 89 c0 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 1f 48 8b 44 24 18 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 RSP: 002b:00007ffd2f1df520 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffd2f1df5b0 RCX: 00007f4a1cd1a94f RDX: 00007ffd2f1df5b0 RSI: 00000000c01064ab RDI: 000000000000000f RBP: 00000000c01064ab R08: 000056347932deb8 R09: 000056347a7d99c0 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000056347938a220 R13: 000000000000000f R14: 0000563479d9f3f0 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Modules linked in: rfcomm xt_conntrack nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_nat nf_conntrack_netlink nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 xfrm_user xfrm_algo xt_addrtype nft_compat nf_tables nfnetlink br_netfilter bridge stp llc ccm cmac algif_hash overlay algif_skcipher af_alg bnep binfmt_misc snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl snd_sof_intel_hda_common snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof_intel_hda snd_sof snd_sof_utils snd_soc_acpi_intel_match snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink snd_hda_ext_core iwlmvm intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_tcc_cooling x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp mac80211 coretemp kvm_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi kvm snd_hda_ ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.8.3, 6.9
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26941

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-35.35
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1009.9
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.9
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1004.7
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1006.6
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.8
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1005.5
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-35.35.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26941

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-26941 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: drm/dp: Fix divide-by-zero regression on DP MST unplug with nouveau

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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