Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nouveau: fix instmem race condition around ptr stores

Running a lot of VK CTS in parallel against nouveau, once every
few hours you might see something like this crash.

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
PGD 8000000114e6e067 P4D 8000000114e6e067 PUD 109046067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 7 PID: 53891 Comm: deqp-vk Not tainted 6.8.0-rc6+ #27
Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI/Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF, BIOS F8 11/05/2021
RIP: 0010:gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0xe3/0x180 [nouveau]
Code: c7 48 01 c8 49 89 45 58 85 d2 0f 84 95 00 00 00 41 0f b7 46 12 49 8b 7e 08 89 da 42 8d 2c f8 48 8b 47 08 41 83 c7 01 48 89 ee <48> 8b 40 08 ff d0 0f 1f 00 49 8b 7e 08 48 89 d9 48 8d 75 04 48 c1
RSP: 0000:ffffac20c5857838 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000004d8001 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 00000000004d8001 RSI: 00000000000006d8 RDI: ffffa07afe332180
RBP: 00000000000006d8 R08: ffffac20c5857ad0 R09: 0000000000ffff10
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffa07af27e2de0 R12: 000000000000001c
R13: ffffac20c5857ad0 R14: ffffa07a96fe9040 R15: 000000000000001c
FS: 00007fe395eed7c0(0000) GS:ffffa07e2c980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000011febe001 CR4: 00000000003706f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:

...

? gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0xe3/0x180 [nouveau]
? gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0x37/0x180 [nouveau]
nvkm_vmm_iter+0x351/0xa20 [nouveau]
? __pfx_nvkm_vmm_ref_ptes+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
? __pfx_gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
? __pfx_gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
? __lock_acquire+0x3ed/0x2170
? __pfx_gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
nvkm_vmm_ptes_get_map+0xc2/0x100 [nouveau]
? __pfx_nvkm_vmm_ref_ptes+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
? __pfx_gp100_vmm_pgt_mem+0x10/0x10 [nouveau]
nvkm_vmm_map_locked+0x224/0x3a0 [nouveau]

Adding any sort of useful debug usually makes it go away, so I hand
wrote the function in a line, and debugged the asm.

Every so often pt->memory->ptrs is NULL. This ptrs ptr is set in
the nv50_instobj_acquire called from nvkm_kmap.

If Thread A and Thread B both get to nv50_instobj_acquire around
the same time, and Thread A hits the refcount_set line, and in
lockstep thread B succeeds at refcount_inc_not_zero, there is a
chance the ptrs value won't have been stored since refcount_set
is unordered. Force a memory barrier here, I picked smp_mb, since
we want it on all CPUs and it's write followed by a read.

v2: use paired smp_rmb/smp_wmb.
Published: 2024-05-01
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5680-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5681-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-5 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-3 Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6917-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6918-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6919-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6927-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7028-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7028-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000


Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000


Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:08:09.697Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.204Z

Link: CVE-2024-26984

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:15:10.866Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-01T06:15:15.880

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:01.220

Link: CVE-2024-26984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26984 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses