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CVE-2024-27062

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.24 / 6.7.12 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau: lock the client object tree. It appears the client object tree has no locking unless I've missed something else. Fix races around adding/removing client objects, mostly vram bar mappings. 4562.099306] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6677ed422bceb80c: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 4562.099314] CPU: 2 PID: 23171 Comm: deqp-vk Not tainted 6.8.0-rc6+ #27 [ 4562.099324] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI/Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF, BIOS F8 11/05/2021 [ 4562.099330] RIP: 0010:nvkm_object_search+0x1d/0x70 [nouveau] [ 4562.099503] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 85 f6 74 39 48 8b 87 a0 00 00 00 48 85 c0 74 12 <48> 8b 48 f8 48 39 ce 73 15 48 8b 40 10 48 85 c0 75 ee 48 c7 c0 fe [ 4562.099506] RSP: 0000:ffffa94cc420bbf8 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 4562.099512] RAX: 6677ed422bceb814 RBX: ffff98108791f400 RCX: ffff9810f26b8f58 [ 4562.099517] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9810f26b9158 RDI: ffff98108791f400 [ 4562.099519] RBP: ffff9810f26b9158 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 4562.099521] R10: ffffa94cc420bc48 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff9810f02a7cc0 [ 4562.099526] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00000000000000ff R15: 0000000000000007 [ 4562.099528] FS: 00007f629c5017c0(0000) GS:ffff98142c700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 4562.099534] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 4562.099536] CR2: 00007f629a882000 CR3: 000000017019e004 CR4: 00000000003706f0 [ 4562.099541] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 4562.099542] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 4562.099544] Call Trace: [ 4562.099555] <TASK> [ 4562.099573] ? die_addr+0x36/0x90 [ 4562.099583] ? exc_general_protection+0x246/0x4a0 [ 4562.099593] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 [ 4562.099600] ? nvkm_object_search+0x1d/0x70 [nouveau] [ 4562.099730] nvkm_ioctl+0xa1/0x250 [nouveau] [ 4562.099861] nvif_object_map_handle+0xc8/0x180 [nouveau] [ 4562.099986] nouveau_ttm_io_mem_reserve+0x122/0x270 [nouveau] [ 4562.100156] ? dma_resv_test_signaled+0x26/0xb0 [ 4562.100163] ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved+0x97/0x3c0 [ttm] [ 4562.100182] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x2a/0x270 [ 4562.100189] nouveau_ttm_fault+0x69/0xb0 [nouveau] [ 4562.100356] __do_fault+0x32/0x150 [ 4562.100362] do_fault+0x7c/0x560 [ 4562.100369] __handle_mm_fault+0x800/0xc10 [ 4562.100382] handle_mm_fault+0x17c/0x3e0 [ 4562.100388] do_user_addr_fault+0x208/0x860 [ 4562.100395] exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x200 [ 4562.100402] asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 [ 4562.100412] RIP: 0033:0x9b9870 [ 4562.100419] Code: 85 a8 f7 ff ff 8b 8d 80 f7 ff ff 89 08 e9 18 f2 ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 44 89 32 e9 90 fa ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 <44> 89 32 e9 f8 f1 ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 44 89 32 e9 e7 [ 4562.100422] RSP: 002b:00007fff9ba2dc70 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 4562.100426] RAX: 0000000000000004 RBX: 000000000dd65e10 RCX: 000000fff0000000 [ 4562.100428] RDX: 00007f629a882000 RSI: 00007f629a882000 RDI: 0000000000000066 [ 4562.100432] RBP: 00007fff9ba2e570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000123ddf000 [ 4562.100434] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000007fffffff [ 4562.100436] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 4562.100446] </TASK> [ 4562.100448] Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables libcrc32c nfnetlink cmac bnep sunrpc iwlmvm intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp snd_sof_intel_hda_common mac80211 coretemp snd_soc_acpi_intel_match kvm_intel snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_hdac_hda snd_sof_pci snd_sof_xtensa_dsp snd_sof_intel_hda_mlink ---truncated---

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dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-362

Two operations that should be atomic can interleave, so an attacker who wins a narrow timing window reaches an inconsistent, exploitable state. These bugs are subtle and easy to miss in review. Fixing them properly means correct locking or atomic operations around the shared resource.

General guidance for the race condition class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:< 6.6.24>= 6.7, < 6.7.12= 6.8

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.6.24 / 6.7.12 or later
Fixed in 6.6.246.7.12
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.6.24 or later, OR 6.7.12 or later, OR 6.8.1 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. 2. Check if the system is running an affected kernel version: < 6.6.24, 6.7.x < 6.7.12, or exactly 6.8.0
  3. 3. Update the system package manager and install a fixed kernel version
  4. 4. For RHEL/CentOS: `sudo yum update kernel` or `sudo dnf install kernel-6.6.24` or later
  5. 5. For Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-image-6.6.24` or later (or use `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`)
  6. 6. For SUSE: `sudo zypper update kernel-default`
  7. 7. After installation, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel: `sudo reboot`
  8. 8. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version after reboot: `uname -r` (should show >= 6.6.24, >= 6.7.12, or >= 6.8.1)
Caveat Standard kernel upgrade risks apply - ensure compatible drivers and software are available for the new kernel version; some older nouveau users may need to rebuild out-of-tree modules

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