CVE-2024-42119 drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id
A missing check for an unknown engine ID in the AMD display driver can lead to an array overrun and potential system crash.
- 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-2024-42119?
CVE-2024-42119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jul 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/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id
[WHY] ENGINE_ID_UNKNOWN = -1 and can not be used as an array index. Plus, it also means it is uninitialized and does not need free audio.
[HOW] Skip and return NULL.
This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42119?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42119?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-42119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-42119, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42119, GHSA-6vq7-vpgr-2529, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42119.