VMware Photon OS: CVE-2024-46710

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2024-46710

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

09/13/2024

Created

01/21/2025

Added

01/20/2025

Modified

02/04/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Prevent unmapping active read buffers The kms paths keep a persistent map active to read and compare the cursor buffer. These maps can race with each other in simple scenario where: a) buffer "a" mapped for update b) buffer "a" mapped for compare c) do the compare d) unmap "a" for compare e) update the cursor f) unmap "a" for update At step "e" the buffer has been unmapped and the read contents is bogus. Prevent unmapping of active read buffers by simply keeping a count of how many paths have currently active maps and unmap only when the count reaches 0.

Solution(s)

• vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-46710
• CVE - 2024-46710