# CVE-2024-50113: firewire: core: fix invalid port index for parent device

> A bug in the Linux kernel firewire driver causes a general protection fault and system crash when specific hardware configurations are used.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-50113, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50113, GHSA-p3xc-gj2p-m8xh, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50113

## What is CVE-2024-50113?

CVE-2024-50113 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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:

firewire: core: fix invalid port index for parent device

In a commit 24b7f8e5cd65 ("firewire: core: use helper functions for self
ID sequence"), the enumeration over self ID sequence was refactored with
some helper functions with KUnit tests. These helper functions are
guaranteed to work expectedly by the KUnit tests, however their application
includes a mistake to assign invalid value to the index of port connected
to parent device.

This bug affects the case that any extra node devices which has three or
more ports are connected to 1394 OHCI controller. In the case, the path
to update the tree cache could hits WARN_ON(), and gets general protection
fault due to the access to invalid address computed by the invalid value.

This commit fixes the bug to assign correct port index.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50113?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50113?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50113 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50113 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50113 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50113 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50113 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50113/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50113/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50113
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50113
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50113

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50113/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.