Local kernel panic via stale DPT mapping
Published Jul 12, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Denial of service in affected Linux kernel versions allows local users to trigger a kernel panic through the Intel i915 DPT path. A shrinkable DPT object can be reclaimed while its framebuffer remains on vm->bound_list, after which PTE rewriting dereferences a stale CPU mapping. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and an Intel graphics configuration using the i915 DPT code; the demonstrated consequence is a host crash.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in affected Linux kernel versions allows local users to trigger a kernel panic through the Intel i915 DPT path. A shrinkable DPT object can be reclaimed while its framebuffer remains on vm->bound_list, after which PTE rewriting dereferences a stale CPU mapping. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and an Intel graphics configuration using the i915 DPT code; the demonstrated consequence is a host crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-40924
- Published
- Jul 12, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0dc987b699ce4266450d407d6d79d41eab88c5d0 <327280149066f0e5f2e50356b5823f76dabfe86e
- Affected versionversion=0dc987b699ce4266450d407d6d79d41eab88c5d0 <43e2b37e2ab660c3565d4cff27922bc70e79c3f1
- Affected versionversion=0dc987b699ce4266450d407d6d79d41eab88c5d0 <7a9883be3b98673333eec65c4a21cc18e60292eb
- Affected versionversion=0dc987b699ce4266450d407d6d79d41eab88c5d0 <a2552020fb714ff357182c3c179abfac2289f84d
- Affected versionversion=6.0
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