CVE-2024-40976

MEDIUM
Published Jul 12, 2024 Modified Nov 3, 2025 CWE-362

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/lima: mask irqs in timeout path before hard reset There is a race condition in which a rendering job might take just long enough to trigger the drm sched job timeout handler but also still complete before the hard reset is done by the timeout handler. This runs into race conditions not expected by the timeout handler. In some very specific cases it currently may result in a refcount imbalance on lima_pm_idle, with a stack dump such as: [10136.669170] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_devfreq.c:205 lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 ... [10136.669459] pc : lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 ... [10136.669628] Call trace: [10136.669634] lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 [10136.669646] lima_sched_pipe_task_done+0x5c/0xb0 [10136.669656] lima_gp_irq_handler+0xa8/0x120 [10136.669666] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x48/0x160 [10136.669679] handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xc0 We can prevent that race condition entirely by masking the irqs at the beginning of the timeout handler, at which point we give up on waiting for that job entirely. The irqs will be enabled again at the next hard reset which is already done as a recovery by the timeout handler.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-362 CWE-362

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Advisories & Patches

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03e7b2f7ae4c0ae5fb8e4e2454ba4008877f196a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bfd311c93d66d8282bf21ebbf35cc3bb8ad9db https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70aa1f2dec46b6fdb5f6b9f37b6bfa4a4dee0d3a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fd8ddd23793a50dbcd11c6ba51f437f1ea7d344 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a421cc7a6a001b70415aa4f66024fa6178885a14 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdbc4ca77f5eaac15de7230814253cddfed273b1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03e7b2f7ae4c0ae5fb8e4e2454ba4008877f196a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58bfd311c93d66d8282bf21ebbf35cc3bb8ad9db https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70aa1f2dec46b6fdb5f6b9f37b6bfa4a4dee0d3a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fd8ddd23793a50dbcd11c6ba51f437f1ea7d344 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a421cc7a6a001b70415aa4f66024fa6178885a14 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdbc4ca77f5eaac15de7230814253cddfed273b1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-40976? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/lima: mask irqs in timeout path before hard reset There is a race condition in which a rendering job might take just long enough to trigger the drm sched job timeout handler but also still complete before the hard reset is done by the timeout handler. This runs into race conditions not expected by the timeout handler. In some very specific cases it currently may result in a refcount imbalance on lima_pm_idle, with a stack dump such as: [10136.669170] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/gpu/drm/lima/lima_devfreq.c:205 lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 ... [10136.669459] pc : lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 ... [10136.669628] Call trace: [10136.669634] lima_devfreq_record_idle+0xa0/0xb0 [10136.669646] lima_sched_pipe_task_done+0x5c/0xb0 [10136.669656] lima_gp_irq_handler+0xa8/0x120 [10136.669666] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x48/0x160 [10136.669679] handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xc0 We can prevent that race condition entirely by masking the irqs at the beginning of the timeout handler, at which point we give up on waiting for that job entirely. The irqs will be enabled again at the next hard reset which is already done as a recovery by the timeout handler. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2024-40976? +
CVE-2024-40976 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2024-40976? +
CVE-2024-40976 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2024-40976? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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