CVE-2024-36960: drm/vmwgfx: Fix invalid reads in fence signaled events

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-03 · updated 2026-08-04
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix invalid reads in fence signaled events Correctly set the length of the drm_event to the size of the structure that's actually used. The length of the drm_event was set to the parent structure instead of to the drm_vmw_event_fence which is supposed to be read. drm_read uses the length parameter to copy the event to the user space thus resuling in oob reads.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0
Linux kernel: from 3.4 before 4.19.314; from 4.20 before 5.4.276; from 5.5 before 5.10.217; from 5.11 before 5.15.159; from 5.16 before 6.1.91; from 6.2 before 6.6.31 — fixed in 4.19.314, 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 5.4.276, 6.1.91, 6.6.31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.314, 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 5.4.276. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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