{"cve":"CVE-2024-41094","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-29T16:15:04.543","modified":"2026-06-17T07:47:16.337","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/fbdev-dma: Only set smem_start is enable per module option\n\nOnly export struct fb_info.fix.smem_start if that is required by the\nuser and the memory does not come from vmalloc().\n\nSetting struct fb_info.fix.smem_start breaks systems where DMA\nmemory is backed by vmalloc address space. An example error is\nshown below.\n\n[    3.536043] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[    3.540716] virt_to_phys used for non-linear address: 000000007fc4f540 (0xffff800086001000)\n[    3.552628] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 61 at arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12 __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.565455] Modules linked in:\n[    3.568525] CPU: 4 PID: 61 Comm: kworker/u12:5 Not tainted 6.6.23-06226-g4986cc3e1b75-dirty #250\n[    3.577310] Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)\n[    3.582452] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func\n[    3.588291] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[    3.595233] pc : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.599246] lr : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.603276] sp : ffff800083603990\n[    3.677939] Call trace:\n[    3.680393]  __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.684067]  drm_fbdev_dma_helper_fb_probe+0x138/0x238\n[    3.689214]  __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x2b0/0x4c0\n[    3.695385]  drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x4c/0x68\n[    3.700264]  drm_fbdev_dma_client_hotplug+0x8c/0xe0\n[    3.705161]  drm_client_register+0x60/0xb0\n[    3.709269]  drm_fbdev_dma_setup+0x94/0x148\n\nAdditionally, DMA memory is assumed to by contiguous in physical\naddress space, which is not guaranteed by vmalloc().\n\nResolve this by checking the module flag drm_leak_fbdev_smem when\nDRM allocated the instance of struct fb_info. Fbdev-dma then only\nsets smem_start only if required (via FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START). Also\nguarantee that the framebuffer is not located in vmalloc address\nspace.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00702cfa8432ac67a72f56de5e1d278ddea2ebde","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92a7580392ad4681b1d4f9275d00b95375ebe01","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f29fcfbf6067c0d8c83f84a045da9276c08deac5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00702cfa8432ac67a72f56de5e1d278ddea2ebde","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92a7580392ad4681b1d4f9275d00b95375ebe01"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-41094","score":0.00227,"percentile":0.13477,"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."]}