{"cve":"CVE-2024-50214","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-09T11:15:06.777","modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:53.523","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic()\n\nmodprobe drm_connector_test and then rmmod drm_connector_test,\nthe following memory leak occurs.\n\nThe `mode` allocated in drm_mode_duplicate() called by\ndrm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() is not freed, which cause the memory leak:\n\n\tunreferenced object 0xffffff80cb0ee400 (size 128):\n\t  comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1948, jiffies 4294950339\n\t  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n\t    14 44 02 00 80 07 d8 07 04 08 98 08 00 00 38 04  .D............8.\n\t    3c 04 41 04 65 04 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  <.A.e...........\n\t  backtrace (crc 90e9585c):\n\t    [<00000000ec42e3d7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40\n\t    [<00000000d0ef055a>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4\n\t    [<00000000c2062161>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x44/0x19c\n\t    [<00000000f96c74aa>] drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic+0x88/0x98\n\t    [<00000000d8f2c8b4>] 0xffffffdc982a4868\n\t    [<000000005d164dbc>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac\n\t    [<000000006fb23398>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec\n\t    [<000000006ea56ca0>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374\n\t    [<000000000676063f>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\t......\n\nFree `mode` by using drm_kunit_display_mode_from_cea_vic()\nto fix it.","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-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/926163342a2e7595d950e84c17c693b1272bd491","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2b00685cd33cd85be8910c7d6d22c4ebbf18bb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50214","score":0.00204,"percentile":0.10433,"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). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}