CVE-2024-44982

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The vulnerability is related to the dpu format populate layout() function in the Linux kernel, which fails to clean up the FB when it fails, causing a leak of the pin count on the GEM object. This results in a splat during DRM file closure. The issue is identified by a call trace that includes functions such as update lru locked(), put pages(), and msm gem free object(). The vulnerability is resolved in upstream kernel version 6.6.50.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.