{"cve":"CVE-2024-26657","nvd":{"published":"2024-04-02T07:15:42.830","modified":"2026-06-17T07:18:01.220","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/sched: fix null-ptr-deref in init entity\n\nThe bug can be triggered by sending an amdgpu_cs_wait_ioctl\nto the AMDGPU DRM driver on any ASICs with valid context.\nThe bug was reported by Joonkyo Jung <joonkyoj@yonsei.ac.kr>.\nFor example the following code:\n\n    static void Syzkaller2(int fd)\n    {\n\tunion drm_amdgpu_ctx arg1;\n\tunion drm_amdgpu_wait_cs arg2;\n\n\targ1.in.op = AMDGPU_CTX_OP_ALLOC_CTX;\n\tret = drmIoctl(fd, 0x140106442 /* amdgpu_ctx_ioctl */, &arg1);\n\n\targ2.in.handle = 0x0;\n\targ2.in.timeout = 0x2000000000000;\n\targ2.in.ip_type = AMD_IP_VPE /* 0x9 */;\n\targ2->in.ip_instance = 0x0;\n\targ2.in.ring = 0x0;\n\targ2.in.ctx_id = arg1.out.alloc.ctx_id;\n\n\tdrmIoctl(fd, 0xc0206449 /* AMDGPU_WAIT_CS * /, &arg2);\n    }\n\nThe ioctl AMDGPU_WAIT_CS without previously submitted job could be assumed that\nthe error should be returned, but the following commit 1decbf6bb0b4dc56c9da6c5e57b994ebfc2be3aa\nmodified the logic and allowed to have sched_rq equal to NULL.\n\nAs a result when there is no job the ioctl AMDGPU_WAIT_CS returns success.\nThe change fixes null-ptr-deref in init entity and the stack below demonstrates\nthe error condition:\n\n[  +0.000007] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028\n[  +0.007086] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[  +0.005234] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[  +0.005232] PGD 0 P4D 0\n[  +0.002501] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\n[  +0.005034] CPU: 10 PID: 9229 Comm: amd_basic Tainted: G    B   W    L     6.7.0+ #4\n[  +0.007797] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI), BIOS 1401 12/03/2020\n[  +0.009798] RIP: 0010:drm_sched_entity_init+0x2d3/0x420 [gpu_sched]\n[  +0.006426] Code: 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e8 1a 81 82 e0 49 89 9c 24 c0 00 00 00 4c 89 ef e8 4a 80 82 e0 49 8b 5d 00 48 8d 7b 28 e8 3d 80 82 e0 <48> 83 7b 28 00 0f 84 28 01 00 00 4d 8d ac 24 98 00 00 00 49 8d 5c\n[  +0.019094] RSP: 0018:ffffc90014c1fa40 EFLAGS: 00010282\n[  +0.005237] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8113f3fa\n[  +0.007326] RDX: fffffbfff0a7889d RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff853c44e0\n[  +0.007264] RBP: ffffc90014c1fa80 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffffbfff0a7889c\n[  +0.007266] R10: ffffffff853c44e7 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8881a719b010\n[  +0.007263] R13: ffff88810d412748 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007264] FS:  00007ffff7045540(0000) GS:ffff8883cc900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[  +0.008236] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[  +0.005851] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 000000011912e000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0\n[  +0.007175] Call Trace:\n[  +0.002561]  <TASK>\n[  +0.002141]  ? show_regs+0x6a/0x80\n[  +0.003473]  ? __die+0x25/0x70\n[  +0.003124]  ? page_fault_oops+0x214/0x720\n[  +0.004179]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x18/0xc0\n[  +0.004093]  ? __pfx_page_fault_oops+0x10/0x10\n[  +0.004590]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f\n[  +0.004000]  ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x30\n[  +0.004063]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f\n[  +0.004087]  ? vprintk+0x5c/0x90\n[  +0.003296]  ? drm_sched_entity_init+0x2d3/0x420 [gpu_sched]\n[  +0.005807]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f\n[  +0.004090]  ? _printk+0xb3/0xe0\n[  +0.003293]  ? __pfx__printk+0x10/0x10\n[  +0.003735]  ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1b/0x20\n[  +0.005482]  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x345/0x770\n[  +0.004361]  ? exc_page_fault+0x64/0xf0\n[  +0.003972]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30\n[  +0.004271]  ? add_taint+0x2a/0xa0\n[  +0.003476]  ? drm_sched_entity_init+0x2d3/0x420 [gpu_sched]\n[  +0.005812]  amdgpu_ctx_get_entity+0x3f9/0x770 [amdgpu]\n[  +0.009530]  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x129/0x470\n[  +0.005068]  ? __pfx_amdgpu_ctx_get_entity+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu]\n[  +0.010063]  ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20\n[  +0.004356]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f\n[  +0.004001]  ? mutex_unlock+0x81/0xd0\n[  +0.003802]  ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f\n[  +0.004096]  amdgpu_cs_wait_ioctl+0xf6/0x270 [amdgpu]\n[  +0.009355]  ? __pfx_\n---truncated---","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b5b7275dfdec35812ccce70930cd7c4ee612b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cd204c7afe498aa9dcc3ebf0ecac53d477a429","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f34e8bb7d6c6626933fe993e03ed59ae85e16abb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b5b7275dfdec35812ccce70930cd7c4ee612b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cd204c7afe498aa9dcc3ebf0ecac53d477a429"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:47:51.568503435+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-26657","score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13589,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). 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