CVE-2024-35950: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: Fully protect modes[] with dev->mode_config.mutex The modes[] array contains pointers to modes on the connectors' mode lists, which are protected by dev->mode_config.mutex. Thus we need to extend modes[] the same protection or by the time we use it the elements may already be pointing to freed/reused memory.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.4.275 (fixed in 5.4.275); from 5.5, before 5.10.216 (fixed in 5.10.216); from 5.11, before 5.15.156 (fixed in 5.15.156); from 5.16, before 6.1.87 (fixed in 6.1.87); from 6.2, before 6.6.28 (fixed in 6.6.28); from 6.7, before 6.8.7 (fixed in 6.8.7); …

Published 2024-05-20. Last modified 2026-08-04.