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CVE-2024-35931

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-19
Fix available
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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: drm/amdgpu: Skip do PCI error slot reset during RAS recovery Why: The PCI error slot reset maybe triggered after inject ue to UMC multi times, this caused system hang. [ 557.371857] amdgpu 0000:af:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset succeeded, trying to resume [ 557.373718] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled. [ 557.373722] [drm] PTB located at 0x0000031FED700000 [ 557.373788] [drm] VRAM is lost due to GPU reset! [ 557.373789] [drm] PSP is resuming... [ 557.547012] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_err_detected Device state = 1 pci_status: 0. Exit, result = 3, need reset [ 557.547067] [drm] PCI error: detected callback, state(1)!! [ 557.547069] [drm] No support for XGMI hive yet... [ 557.548125] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_slot_reset Device state = 1 pci_status: 0. Enter [ 557.607763] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: wait vital counter value 0x16b5b after 1 iterations [ 557.607777] mlx5_core 0000:55:00.0: mlx5_pci_slot_reset Device state = 1 pci_status: 1. Exit, err = 0, result = 5, recovered [ 557.610492] [drm] PCI error: slot reset callback!! ... [ 560.689382] amdgpu 0000:3f:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded! [ 560.689546] amdgpu 0000:5a:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded! [ 560.689562] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x5f080b54534f611f: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 560.701008] CPU: 16 PID: 2361 Comm: kworker/u448:9 Tainted: G OE 5.15.0-91-generic #101-Ubuntu [ 560.712057] Hardware name: Microsoft C278A/C278A, BIOS C2789.5.BS.1C11.AG.1 11/08/2023 [ 560.720959] Workqueue: amdgpu-reset-hive amdgpu_ras_do_recovery [amdgpu] [ 560.728887] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_device_gpu_recover.cold+0xbf1/0xcf5 [amdgpu] [ 560.736891] Code: ff 41 89 c6 e9 1b ff ff ff 44 0f b6 45 b0 e9 4f ff ff ff be 01 00 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 76 c9 8b ff 44 0f b6 45 b0 e9 3c fd ff ff <48> 83 ba 18 02 00 00 00 0f 84 6a f8 ff ff 48 8d 7a 78 be 01 00 00 [ 560.757967] RSP: 0018:ffa0000032e53d80 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 560.763848] RAX: ffa00000001dfd10 RBX: ffa0000000197090 RCX: ffa0000032e53db0 [ 560.771856] RDX: 5f080b54534f5f07 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ff11000128100010 [ 560.779867] RBP: ffa0000032e53df0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffffffe77f08 [ 560.787879] R10: 0000000000ffff0a R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 560.795889] R13: ffa0000032e53e00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 560.803889] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff11007e7e800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 560.812973] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 560.819422] CR2: 000055a04c118e68 CR3: 0000000007410005 CR4: 0000000000771ee0 [ 560.827433] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 560.835433] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 560.843444] PKRU: 55555554 [ 560.846480] Call Trace: [ 560.849225] <TASK> [ 560.851580] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2ea [ 560.856488] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2ea [ 560.861379] ? amdgpu_ras_do_recovery+0x1b2/0x210 [amdgpu] [ 560.867778] ? show_regs.part.0+0x23/0x29 [ 560.872293] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [ 560.876502] ? die_addr+0x3e/0x60 [ 560.880238] ? exc_general_protection+0x1c5/0x410 [ 560.885532] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30 [ 560.891025] ? amdgpu_device_gpu_recover.cold+0xbf1/0xcf5 [amdgpu] [ 560.898323] amdgpu_ras_do_recovery+0x1b2/0x210 [amdgpu] [ 560.904520] process_one_work+0x228/0x3d0 How: In RAS recovery, mode-1 reset is issued from RAS fatal error handling and expected all the nodes in a hive to be reset. no need to issue another mode-1 during this procedure.

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NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.2, < 6.8.6

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.8.6 or later
Fixed in 6.8.6
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Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel >= 6.8.6

  1. Update the Linux kernel to version 6.8.6 or later. On Debian/Ubuntu-based systems: apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-<version>
  2. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  3. Verify the kernel version with: uname -r
Caveat Kernel upgrade may require matching kernel modules/drivers. Ensure compatible amdgpu driver version is available after upgrade.

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