CVE-2024-44977 drm/amdgpu: Validate TA binary size

High 7.8 Published Updated

An out-of-bounds write in the AMD GPU driver allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

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-2024-44977?

CVE-2024-44977 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Sep 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/amdgpu: Validate TA binary size

Add TA binary size validation to avoid OOB write.

(cherry picked from commit c0a04e3570d72aaf090962156ad085e37c62e442)

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44977?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44977?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-44977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-44977, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44977, GHSA-r228-rjcp-r9q9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44977.

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