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Linux Linux — drm/amdgpu: Add a lock when accessing the buddy trim function
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0015 4.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 4a5ad08f537703c35cf7cc29845381805c891d9b – —
Linux 6.11 – 6.12.10
TIMELINE
Jan 19 Reserved by Linux
Jan 19 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-57921 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Add a lock when accessing the buddy trim function
When running YouTube videos and Steam games simultaneously,
the tester found a system hang / race condition issue with
the multi-display configuration setting. Adding a lock to
the buddy allocator's trim function would be the solution.
<log snip>
[ 7197.250436] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdead000000000108
[ 7197.250447] RIP: 0010:__alloc_range+0x8b/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250470] Call Trace:
[ 7197.250472] <TASK>
[ 7197.250475] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80
[ 7197.250481] ? die_addr+0x37/0xa0
[ 7197.250483] ? exc_general_protection+0x1db/0x480
[ 7197.250488] ? drm_suballoc_new+0x13c/0x93d [drm_suballoc_helper]
[ 7197.250493] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30
[ 7197.250498] ? __alloc_range+0x8b/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250501] ? __alloc_range+0x109/0x340 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250506] amddrm_buddy_block_trim+0x1b5/0x260 [amddrm_buddy]
[ 7197.250511] amdgpu_vram_mgr_new+0x4f5/0x590 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.250682] amdttm_resource_alloc+0x46/0xb0 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250689] ttm_bo_alloc_resource+0xe4/0x370 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250696] amdttm_bo_validate+0x9d/0x180 [amdttm]
[ 7197.250701] amdgpu_bo_pin+0x15a/0x2f0 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.250831] amdgpu_dm_plane_helper_prepare_fb+0xb2/0x360 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.251025] ? try_wait_for_completion+0x59/0x70
[ 7197.251030] drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes.part.0+0x2f/0x1e0
[ 7197.251035] drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes+0x5d/0x70
[ 7197.251037] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x84/0x160
[ 7197.251040] drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit+0x59/0x70
[ 7197.251043] drm_mode_atomic_ioctl+0x720/0x850
[ 7197.251047] ? __pfx_drm_mode_atomic_ioctl+0x10/0x10
[ 7197.251049] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb9/0x120
[ 7197.251053] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 7197.251056] drm_ioctl+0x2d4/0x550
[ 7197.251058] ? __pfx_drm_mode_atomic_ioctl+0x10/0x10
[ 7197.251063] amdgpu_drm_ioctl+0x4e/0x90 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.251186] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xf0
[ 7197.251190] x64_sys_call+0x143b/0x25c0
[ 7197.251193] do_syscall_64+0x7f/0x180
[ 7197.251197] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[ 7197.251199] ? amdgpu_display_user_framebuffer_create+0x215/0x320 [amdgpu]
[ 7197.251329] ? drm_internal_framebuffer_create+0xb7/0x1a0
[ 7197.251332] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
(cherry picked from commit 3318ba94e56b9183d0304577c74b33b6b01ce516)
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| January 19, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| January 19, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-57921 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4a5ad08f537703c35cf7cc29845381805c891d9b | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.11 | 6.12.10 |
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