drm/amd/display: fix a UBSAN warning in DML2.1
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a UBSAN warning in DML2.1 When programming phantom pipe, since cursor_width is explicity set to 0, this causes calculation logic to trigger overflow for an unsigned int triggering the kernel's UBSAN check as below: [ 40.962845] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in /tmp/amd.EfpumTkO/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c:3312:34 [ 40.962849] shift exponent 4294967170 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int' [ 40.962852] CPU: 1 PID: 1670 Comm: gnome-shell Tainted: G W OE 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu [ 40.962854] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X670E AORUS PRO X/X670E AORUS PRO X, BIOS F21 01/10/2024 [ 40.962856] Call Trace: [ 40.962857] <TASK> [ 40.962860] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70 [ 40.962870] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 40.962872] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1ac/0x360 [ 40.962878] calculate_cursor_req_attributes.cold+0x1b/0x28 [amdgpu] [ 40.963099] dml_core_mode_support+0x6b91/0x16bc0 [amdgpu] [ 40.963327] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963331] ? CalculateWatermarksMALLUseAndDRAMSpeedChangeSupport+0x18b8/0x2790 [amdgpu] [ 40.963534] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963536] ? dml_core_mode_support+0xb3db/0x16bc0 [amdgpu] [ 40.963730] dml2_core_calcs_mode_support_ex+0x2c/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 40.963906] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963909] ? dml2_core_calcs_mode_support_ex+0x2c/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 40.964078] core_dcn4_mode_support+0x72/0xbf0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964247] dml2_top_optimization_perform_optimization_phase+0x1d3/0x2a0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964420] dml2_build_mode_programming+0x23d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ 40.964587] dml21_validate+0x274/0x770 [amdgpu] [ 40.964761] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.964763] ? resource_append_dpp_pipes_for_plane_composition+0x27c/0x3b0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964942] dml2_validate+0x504/0x750 [amdgpu] [ 40.965117] ? dml21_copy+0x95/0xb0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965291] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.965295] dcn401_validate_bandwidth+0x4e/0x70 [amdgpu] [ 40.965491] update_planes_and_stream_state+0x38d/0x5c0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965672] update_planes_and_stream_v3+0x52/0x1e0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965845] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.965849] dc_update_planes_and_stream+0x71/0xb0 [amdgpu] Fix this by adding a guard for checking cursor width before triggering the size calculation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.11.3, 6.12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-50177
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jqx7-c9rv-mhxh
References
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- TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-50177 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-50177 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jqx7-c9rv-mhxh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-50177 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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