CVE-2024-36948 drm/xe/xe_migrate: Cast to output precision before multiplying operands
An integer overflow in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU migration driver could lead to unexpected behavior or memory corruption during operand multiplication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-36948?
CVE-2024-36948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/xe_migrate: Cast to output precision before multiplying operands
Addressing potential overflow in result of multiplication of two lower precision (u32) operands before widening it to higher precision (u64).
-v2 Fix commit message and description. (Rodrigo)
(cherry picked from commit 34820967ae7b45411f8f4f737c2d63b0c608e0d7)
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36948?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36948?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-36948 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36948 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-36948, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36948, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-36948, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36948.