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CVE-2024-56538

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: zynqmp_kms: Unplug DRM device before removal Prevent userspace accesses to the DRM d…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: zynqmp_kms: Unplug DRM device before removal Prevent userspace accesses to the DRM device from causing use-after-frees by unplugging the device before we remove it. This causes any further userspace accesses to result in an error without further calls into this driver's internals.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-12-27 14:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.9 <6.6.64, ≥6.7 <6.11.11, ≥6.12 <6.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e07c88914fc5289c21820b1aa94f058feb38197
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fb97432e28a7e136b2d76135d50e988ada8e1af
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/692f52aedccbf79b212a1e14e3735192b4c24a7d
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a17b9afe58c474657449cf87e238b1788200576b

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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