Local kernel compromise via unlocked group lookup
Published Nov 8, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Race condition in the Linux kernel panthor scheduler allows local users to compromise the kernel through concurrent group operations. In group_from_handle, xa_load retrieves a group pointer before group_get increments its reference count, so a concurrent xa_erase can remove the object between those operations. Low-privileged local access to the Panthor DRM interface on an Arm Mali system is required; exploitation exposes or alters kernel data or crashes the system.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in the Linux kernel panthor scheduler allows local users to compromise the kernel through concurrent group operations. In group_from_handle, xa_load retrieves a group pointer before group_get increments its reference count, so a concurrent xa_erase can remove the object between those operations. Low-privileged local access to the Panthor DRM interface on an Arm Mali system is required; exploitation exposes or alters kernel data or crashes the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50174
- Published
- Nov 8, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.10
- Affected versionversion=de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b <44742138d151c3a945460ae7beff8ae45ac0bf58
- Affected versionversion=de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b <8a585d553c11965332d7a2d74e79ef92a42bfc87
- Affected versionversion=de85488138247d034eb3241840424a54d660926b <cac075706f298948898b1f63e81709df42afa75d
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