CVE-2024-44982: drm/msm/dpu: cleanup FB if dpu_format_populate_layout fails
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 02193c70723118889281f75b88722b26b58bf4ae, 7ecf85542169012765e4c2817cd3be6c2e009962, 9b8b65211a880af8fe8330a101e1e239a2d4008f; Azure Linux 3.0 ARM 6.6.51.1-5; Azure Linux 3.0 x64 6.6.51.1-5.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 02193c70723118889281f75b88722b26b58bf4ae, 7ecf85542169012765e4c2817cd3be6c2e009962, 9b8b65211a880af8fe8330a101e1e239a2d4008f; Azure Linux 3.0 ARM 6.6.51.1-5; Azure Linux 3.0 x64 6.6.51.1-5 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: cleanup FB if dpu_format_populate_layout fails If the dpu_format_populate_layout() fails, then FB is prepared, but not cleaned up. This ends up leaking the pin_count on the GEM object and causes a splat during DRM file closure: msm_obj->pin_count WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 569 at drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c:121 update_lru_locked+0xc4/0xcc [...] Call trace: update_lru_locked+0xc4/0xcc put_pages+0xac/0x100 msm_gem_free_object+0x138/0x180 drm_gem_object_free+0x1c/0x30 drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked+0x108/0x10c drm_gem_object_release_handle+0x58/0x70 idr_for_each+0x68/0xec drm_gem_release+0x28/0x40 drm_file_free+0x174/0x234 drm_release+0xb0/0x160 __fput+0xc0/0x2c8 __fput_sync+0x50/0x5c __arm64_sys_close+0x38/0x7c invoke_syscall+0x48/0x118 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x4c/0x120 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x12c el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 irq event stamp: 129818 hardirqs last enabled at (129817): [<ffffa5f6d953fcc0>] console_unlock+0x118/0x124 hardirqs last disabled at (129818): [<ffffa5f6da7dcf04>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x8c softirqs last enabled at (129808): [<ffffa5f6d94afc18>] handle_softirqs+0x4c8/0x4e8 softirqs last disabled at (129785): [<ffffa5f6d94105e4>] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/600714/
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 15th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-459
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel4.19 and later · before 5.15.166
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.107
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.48
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.10.7
- linux linux kernel6.11
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 4.19affected
- 25fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef and later · before 9b8b65211a880af8fe8330a101e1e239a2d4008faffected · git
- 25fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef and later · before 7ecf85542169012765e4c2817cd3be6c2e009962affected · git
- 25fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef and later · before a3c5815b07f4ee19d0b7e2ddf91ff9f03ecbf27daffected · git
- 25fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef and later · before 02193c70723118889281f75b88722b26b58bf4aeaffected · git
- 25fdd5933e4c0f5fe2ea5cd59994f8ac5fbe90ef and later · before bfa1a6283be390947d3649c482e5167186a37016affected · git
- before 4.19not affected · semver
- 5.15.166 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
- 6.1.107 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
- 6.6.48 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.112-1 | 6.1.112-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.10.7-1 | 6.10.7-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-44980Sep 4, 2024 · drm/xe: Fix opregion leak22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-44981Sep 4, 2024 · workqueue: Fix UBSAN 'subtraction overflow' error in shift_and_mask()22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-44983Sep 4, 2024 · netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 02193c70723118889281f75b88722b26b58bf4ae | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 7ecf85542169012765e4c2817cd3be6c2e009962 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 9b8b65211a880af8fe8330a101e1e239a2d4008f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a3c5815b07f4ee19d0b7e2ddf91ff9f03ecbf27d | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | bfa1a6283be390947d3649c482e5167186a37016 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Azure Linux 3.0 ARM | 6.6.51.1-5 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| Azure Linux 3.0 x64 | 6.6.51.1-5 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| CBL Mariner 2.0 ARM | 5.15.167.1-1 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| CBL Mariner 2.0 x64 | 5.15.167.1-1 · kernel | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.112-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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- CVE-2021-47110173 days apartx86/kvm: Disable kvmclock on all CPUs on shutdown28Monitor
- CVE-2024-4769347 days apartIB/core: Fix ib_cache_setup_one error flow cleanup26Monitor
- CVE-2024-450277 days apartusb: xhci: Check for xhci->interrupters being allocated in xhci_mem_clearup()22Monitor
- CVE-2022-4889314 days apartdrm/i915/gt: Cleanup partial engine discovery failures22Monitor
- CVE-2024-4767441 days apartmm: avoid leaving partial pfn mappings around in error case22Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-459 · Incomplete CleanupCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ecf85542169012765e4c2817cd3be6c2e009962
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8b65211a880af8fe8330a101e1e239a2d4008f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c5815b07f4ee19d0b7e2ddf91ff9f03ecbf27d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa1a6283be390947d3649c482e5167186a37016
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.