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  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2024-41094",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-41094"
  ],
  "published": "2024-07-29T15:49:03Z",
  "summary": "drm/fbdev-dma: Only set smem_start is enable per module option",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/fbdev-dma: Only set smem_start is enable per module option\n\nOnly export struct fb_info.fix.smem_start if that is required by the\nuser and the memory does not come from vmalloc().\n\nSetting struct fb_info.fix.smem_start breaks systems where DMA\nmemory is backed by vmalloc address space. An example error is\nshown below.\n\n[    3.536043] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[    3.540716] virt_to_phys used for non-linear address: 000000007fc4f540 (0xffff800086001000)\n[    3.552628] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 61 at arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12 __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.565455] Modules linked in:\n[    3.568525] CPU: 4 PID: 61 Comm: kworker/u12:5 Not tainted 6.6.23-06226-g4986cc3e1b75-dirty #250\n[    3.577310] Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)\n[    3.582452] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func\n[    3.588291] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[    3.595233] pc : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.599246] lr : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.603276] sp : ffff800083603990\n[    3.677939] Call trace:\n[    3.680393]  __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98\n[    3.684067]  drm_fbdev_dma_helper_fb_probe+0x138/0x238\n[    3.689214]  __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x2b0/0x4c0\n[    3.695385]  drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x4c/0x68\n[    3.700264]  drm_fbdev_dma_client_hotplug+0x8c/0xe0\n[    3.705161]  drm_client_register+0x60/0xb0\n[    3.709269]  drm_fbdev_dma_setup+0x94/0x148\n\nAdditionally, DMA memory is assumed to by contiguous in physical\naddress space, which is not guaranteed by vmalloc().\n\nResolve this by checking the module flag drm_leak_fbdev_smem when\nDRM allocated the instance of struct fb_info. Fbdev-dma then only\nsets smem_start only if required (via FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START). Also\nguarantee that the framebuffer is not located in vmalloc address\nspace.",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41094"
    },
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    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
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