CVE-2024-44977 drm/amdgpu: Validate TA binary size
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-44977, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44977, GHSA-r228-rjcp-r9q9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44977.