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CVE-2024-38581: drm/amdgpu/mes: fix use-after-free issue

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-19 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/mes: fix use-after-free issue Delete fence fallback timer to fix the ramdom use-after-free issue. v2: move to amdgpu_mes.c

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.20 before 6.1.93; from 6.2 before 6.6.33; from 6.7 before 6.8.12; 6.9-rc1, 6.9-rc2, 6.9-rc3, 6.9-rc4, 6.9-rc5 — fixed in 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f98c144c15c8fc0f3176c994bd4e727ef718a5c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cfce75168c11421d70b8c0c65f6133edccb82a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b1bf6d9edc8692d241f59a65f073aec6d501de
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/948255282074d9367e01908b3f5dcf8c10fc9c3d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f98c144c15c8fc0f3176c994bd4e727ef718a5c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cfce75168c11421d70b8c0c65f6133edccb82a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b1bf6d9edc8692d241f59a65f073aec6d501de
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/948255282074d9367e01908b3f5dcf8c10fc9c3d

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