Description

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

drm/amdgpu: Add a lock when accessing the buddy trim function

When running YouTube videos and Steam games simultaneously,
the tester found a system hang / race condition issue with
the multi-display configuration setting. Adding a lock to
the buddy allocator's trim function would be the solution.

[ 7197.250436] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000108
[ 7197.250447] RIP: 0010:__alloc_range+0x8b/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250470] Call Trace:
[ 7197.250472]
[ 7197.250475] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80
[ 7197.250481] ? die_addr+0x37/0xa0
[ 7197.250483] ? exc_general_protection+0x1db/0x480
[ 7197.250488] ? drm_suballoc_new+0x13c/0x93d [drm_suballoc_helper]
[ 7197.250493] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30
[ 7197.250498] ? __alloc_range+0x8b/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250501] ? __alloc_range+0x109/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250506] amddrm_buddy_block_trim+0x1b5/0x260 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250511] amdgpu_vram_mgr_new+0x4f5/0x590 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.250682] amdttm_resource_alloc+0x46/0xb0 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250689] ttm_bo_alloc_resource+0xe4/0x370 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250696] amdttm_bo_validate+0x9d/0x180 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250701] amdgpu_bo_pin+0x15a/0x2f0 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.250831] amdgpu_dm_plane_helper_prepare_fb+0xb2/0x360 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.251025] ? try_wait_for_completion+0x59/0x70
[ 7197.251030] drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes.part.0+0x2f/0x1e0
[ 7197.251035] drm_...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-57921

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.67% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-17 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758e3c3054b65336cf0c5f240221f63b4fb98478
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c8b703e5bded1e33b08fb09b829e7c2c1ed50a

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