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CVE-2024-50187

MEDIUM 5.5

drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed Upon closing the file descriptor, the active performance monitor is not stopped. Although all perfmons are destroyed in `vc4_perfmon_close_file()`, the active performance monitor's pointer (`vc4->active_perfmon`) is still retained. If we open a new file descriptor and submit a few jobs with performance monitors, the driver will attempt to stop the active performance monitor using the stale pointer in `vc4->active_perfmon`. However, this pointer is no longer valid because the previous process has already terminated, and all performance monitors associated with it have been destroyed and freed. To fix this, when the active performance monitor belongs to a given process, explicitly stop it before destroying and freeing it.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Technology
Published Nov 8, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 < 75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967 65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 < 937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba0 65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 < c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf513 65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 < 0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22
Linux / Linux
4.17

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/937943c042503dc6087438bf3557f9057a588ba0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9adba739d5f7cdc47a7754df4a17b47b1ecf513 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b2ad4f6f2bec74a5287d96cb2325a5e11706f22 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html