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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2024-35932 json

drm/vc4: don't check if plane->state->fb == state->fb

published 2024-05-19 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-35650

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

drm/vc4: don't check if plane->state->fb == state->fb

Currently, when using non-blocking commits, we can see the following kernel warning:

[ 110.908514] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 110.908529] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. [ 110.908620] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1866 at lib/refcount.c:87 refcount_dec_not_one+0xb8/0xc0 [ 110.908664] Modules linked in: rfcomm snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer snd_seq snd_seq_device cmac algif_hash aes_arm64 aes_generic algif_skcipher af_alg bnep hid_logitech_hidpp vc4 brcmfmac hci_uart btbcm brcmutil bluetooth snd_soc_hdmi_codec cfg80211 cec drm_display_helper drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine fb_sys_fops sysimgblt syscopyarea sysfillrect raspberrypi_hwmon ecdh_generic ecc rfkill libaes i2c_bcm2835 binfmt_misc joydev snd_bcm2835(C) bcm2835_codec(C) bcm2835_isp(C) v4l2_mem2mem videobuf2_dma_contig snd_pcm bcm2835_v4l2(C) raspberrypi_gpiomem bcm2835_mmal_vchiq(C) videobuf2_v4l2 snd_timer videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_common snd videodev vc_sm_cma(C) mc hid_logitech_dj uio_pdrv_genirq uio i2c_dev drm fuse dm_mod drm_panel_orientation_quirks backlight ip_tables x_tables ipv6 [ 110.909086] CPU: 0 PID: 1866 Comm: kodi.bin Tainted: G C 6.1.66-v8+ #32 [ 110.909104] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 (DT) [ 110.909114] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 110.909132] pc : refcount_dec_not_one+0xb8/0xc0 [ 110.909152] lr : refcount_dec_not_one+0xb4/0xc0 [ 110.909170] sp : ffffffc00913b9c0 [ 110.909177] x29: ffffffc00913b9c0 x28: 000000556969bbb0 x27: 000000556990df60 [ 110.909205] x26: 0000000000000002 x25: 0000000000000004 x24: ffffff8004448480 [ 110.909230] x23: ffffff800570b500 x22: ffffff802e03a7bc x21: ffffffecfca68c78 [ 110.909257] x20: ffffff8002b42000 x19: ffffff802e03a600 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 110.909283] x17: 0000000000000011 x16: ffffffffffffffff x15: 0000000000000004 [ 110.909308] x14: 0000000000000fff x13: ffffffed577e47e0 x12: 0000000000000003 [ 110.909333] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000027 x9 : c912d0d083728c00 [ 110.909359] x8 : c912d0d083728c00 x7 : 65646e75203a745f x6 : 746e756f63666572 [ 110.909384] x5 : ffffffed579f62ee x4 : ffffffed579eb01e x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 110.909409] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffffffc00913b750 x0 : 0000000000000001 [ 110.909434] Call trace: [ 110.909441] refcount_dec_not_one+0xb8/0xc0 [ 110.909461] vc4_bo_dec_usecnt+0x4c/0x1b0 [vc4] [ 110.909903] vc4_cleanup_fb+0x44/0x50 [vc4] [ 110.910315] drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes+0x88/0xa4 [drm_kms_helper] [ 110.910669] vc4_atomic_commit_tail+0x390/0x9dc [vc4] [ 110.911079] commit_tail+0xb0/0x164 [drm_kms_helper] [ 110.911397] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x1d0/0x1f0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 110.911716] drm_atomic_commit+0xb0/0xdc [drm] [ 110.912569] drm_mode_atomic_ioctl+0x348/0x4b8 [drm] [ 110.913330] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xec/0x15c [drm] [ 110.914091] drm_ioctl+0x24c/0x3b0 [drm] [ 110.914850] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x9c/0xd4 [ 110.914873] invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x114 [ 110.914897] el0_svc_common+0xd0/0x118 [ 110.914917] do_el0_svc+0x38/0xd0 [ 110.914936] el0_svc+0x30/0x8c [ 110.914958] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 [ 110.914979] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 [ 110.914996] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This happens because, although `prepare_fb` and `cleanup_fb` are perfectly balanced, we cannot guarantee consistency in the check plane->state->fb == state->fb. This means that sometimes we can increase the refcount in `prepare_fb` and don't decrease it in `cleanup_fb`. The opposite can also be true.

In fact, the struct drm_plane .state shouldn't be accessed directly but instead, the `drm_atomic_get_new_plane_state()` helper function should be used. So, we could stick to this check, but using `drm_atomic_get_new_plane_state()`. But actually, this check is not re ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.86, 6.6.27, 6.8.6, 6.9
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.90-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35932

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1011.12
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1010.11
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1006.9
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1008.8
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1010.10
  • linux-intel Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1007.14
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1007.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35932

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

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-9.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1

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-2024-35932 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: drm/vc4: don't check if plane->state->fb == state->fb

  • 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

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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