Availability loss via process-apertures allocation overflow
Published Apr 13, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel amdkfd driver allows local users to cause an availability failure through a crafted ioctl request. In kfd_ioctl_get_process_apertures_new, args->num_of_nodes was multiplied by the aperture-structure size before kzalloc, allowing the allocation length to wrap while subsequent code used the full node count. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and an active AMD KFD device; the documented consequence is loss of availability rather than data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel amdkfd driver allows local users to cause an availability failure through a crafted ioctl request. In kfd_ioctl_get_process_apertures_new, args->num_of_nodes was multiplied by the aperture-structure size before kzalloc, allowing the allocation length to wrap while subsequent code used the full node count. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and an active AMD KFD device; the documented consequence is loss of availability rather than data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26817
- Published
- Apr 13, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.19
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <0c33d11153949310d76631d8f4a4736519eacd3a
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <315eb3c2df7e4cb18e3eacfa18a53a46f2bf0ef7
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <3b0daecfeac0103aba8b293df07a0cbaf8b43f29
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <8b0564704255c6b3c6a7188e86939f754e1577c0
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <cbac7de1d9901521e78cdc34e15451df3611f2ad
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <e6721ea845fcb93a764a92bd40f1afc0d6c69751
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <e6768c6737f4c02cba193a3339f0cc2907f0b86a
- Affected versionversion=4a488a7ad71401169cecee75dc94bcce642e2c53 <fcbd99b3c73309107e3be71f20dff9414df64f91
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