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CVE-2024-56775

kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix handling of plane refcount

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 8, 2025

Updated · September 12, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the drm/amd/display component of the Linux kernel. The mechanism for backing up and restoring plane states does not properly maintain reference counts. This can lead to memory leaks, double frees, or invalid memory accesses. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this vulnerability, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-415 · Double Free