Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-40932

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Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-40932

Published: July 13, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94204
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40932
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
Development Tools Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
SmartFabric Storage Software
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-osp1 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-195-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-195-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1137-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1136-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1132-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1131-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1079-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1116-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_225-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_64-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_64-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-base
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-base
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
kernel-syms
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-docs
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-195-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1043-iot (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1051-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1092-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1099-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi2 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1120-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-headers
linux (Debian package)
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-extra
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
dtb-arm
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
dtb-socionext
dtb-cavium
dtb-apple
dtb-amd
dtb-apm
dtb-amlogic
dtb-rockchip
dtb-mediatek
dtb-altera
dtb-broadcom
dtb-qcom
kernel-64kb-optional
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-amazon
dtb-sprd
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
dtb-aarch64
dtb-xilinx
dtb-lg
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-allwinner
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
dtb-renesas
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-marvell
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-exynos
dtb-freescale
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-docs-html
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1035-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1052-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)
Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the vidi_get_modes() function in drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_vidi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-40932

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources