{"cve":"CVE-2024-39497","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:12.320","modified":"2026-06-17T07:42:02.983","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE)\n\nLack of check for copy-on-write (COW) mapping in drm_gem_shmem_mmap\nallows users to call mmap with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE flag\ncausing a kernel panic due to BUG_ON in vmf_insert_pfn_prot:\nBUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) && is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags));\n\nReturn -EINVAL early if COW mapping is detected.\n\nThis bug affects all drm drivers using default shmem helpers.\nIt can be reproduced by this simple example:\nvoid *ptr = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, mmap_offset);\nptr[0] = 0;","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-617"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c71c42809ef4b17f5d874cdb2d3bf40e847b86","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4a8b89bf6787090b56424d269bf84ba00c3263","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2219e5f97244b79c276751a1167615b9714db1b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39bc27bd688066a63e56f7f64ad34fae03fbe3b8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae63a8c1685e16958560ec08d30defdc5b9cca0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-39497","score":0.00275,"percentile":0.19962,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}