System crash via undersized DMUB callback arrays
Published Oct 9, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux kernel AMD display driver from 4.15 allows attackers to crash systems through DMUB notifications. AMDGPU_DMUB_NOTIFICATION_MAX is set to five although dmub_notification_type exposes six values, leaving dmub_callback and dmub_thread_offload one element too short. An AMD GPU and a notification with the sixth type are required; Red Hat reports that unprivileged local users cannot trigger the flaw under normal conditions.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux kernel AMD display driver from 4.15 allows attackers to crash systems through DMUB notifications. AMDGPU_DMUB_NOTIFICATION_MAX is set to five although dmub_notification_type exposes six values, leaving dmub_callback and dmub_thread_offload one element too short. An AMD GPU and a notification with the sixth type are required; Red Hat reports that unprivileged local users cannot trigger the flaw under normal conditions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-46871
- Published
- Oct 9, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-129, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Oct 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.15
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <800a5ab673c4a61ca220cce177386723d91bdb37
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <9f404b0bc2df3880758fb3c3bc7496f596f347d7
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <ad28d7c3d989fc5689581664653879d664da76f0
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <c592b6355b9b57b8e59fc5978ce1e14f64488a98
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <e1896f381d27466c26cb44b4450eae05cd59dfd0
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