System hang via suspended HDMI register read
Published Dec 28, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel VC4 HDMI driver allows local users to hang the system by reading its debug registers. The hdmi1_regs debugfs handler accesses VC4 HDMI registers after suspend disables the DVP clock, causing the register read to stall the AXI bus. Exploitation requires local debugfs access while the HDMI connector is disconnected, and the consequence is a fatal system hang.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel VC4 HDMI driver allows local users to hang the system by reading its debug registers. The hdmi1_regs debugfs handler accesses VC4 HDMI registers after suspend disables the DVP clock, causing the register read to stall the AXI bus. Exploitation requires local debugfs access while the HDMI connector is disconnected, and the consequence is a fatal system hang.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56683
- Published
- Dec 28, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1489
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1da00a63f0e798f0fd0dcf623b16c16e13f93615
- Affected versionversion=25eb441d55d479581a65bcc9de88bc1d86bf76c1 <0ea29bd7d9400d3629683244d609358ed1b12075
- Affected versionversion=25eb441d55d479581a65bcc9de88bc1d86bf76c1 <16f351adf733a182224ad24916d7673aa6df02df
- Affected versionversion=25eb441d55d479581a65bcc9de88bc1d86bf76c1 <223ee2567a55e4f80315c768d2969e6a3b9fb23d
- Affected versionversion=25eb441d55d479581a65bcc9de88bc1d86bf76c1 <74f21be9990a42dc2357bcf87a13e16c6998b90e
- Affected versionversion=25eb441d55d479581a65bcc9de88bc1d86bf76c1 <c7d474974954d9af7e0092021223d58f2de128df
- Affected versionversion=5.18.18 <5.19
- Affected versionversion=5.19.2 <5.20
- Affected versionversion=6.0
- Affected versionversion=f70c25cf34f91cc6f40e79a5b7565fd0272d7396
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