Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.15,6.8.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20695636
  • published9 Oct 2026
  • disclosed30 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.8.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') due to a race condition in the drm/amd/display process. An attacker can cause a hardware hang by triggering back-to-back wake_and_execute operations during the DMCUB handshake, which may result in missing the transition into IPS2 and improper handling of the INBOX1 RPTR.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1