# CVE-2024-50096: nouveau/dmem: Fix vulnerability in migrate\_to\_ram upon copy error

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-05 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/dmem: Fix vulnerability in migrate_to_ram upon copy error The `nouveau_dmem_copy_one` function ensures that the copy push command is sent to the device firmware but does not track whether it was executed successfully. In the case of a copy error (e.g., firmware or hardware failure), the copy push command will be sent via the firmware channel, and `nouveau_dmem_copy_one` will likely report success, leading to the `migrate_to_ram` function returning a dirty HIGH_USER page to the user. This can result in a security vulnerability, as a HIGH_USER page that may contain sensitive or corrupted data could be returned to the user. To prevent this vulnerability, we allocate a zero page. Thus, in case of an error, a non-dirty (zero) page will be returned to the user.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd9bb7e996bab9b9049fffe3f3d3b50dee191d27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73f75d2b5aee5a735cf64b8ab4543d5c20dbbdd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c3de9282dde21ce3c1bf1bde3166a4510547aa9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614bfb2050982d23d53d0d51c4079dba0437c883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/697e3ddcf1f8b68bd531fc34eead27c000bdf3e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab4d113b6718b076046018292f821d5aa4b844f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/835745a377a4519decd1a36d6b926e369b3033e2

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