# CVE-2024-50266: clk: qcom: videocc-sm8350: use HW_CTRL_TRIGGER for vcodec GDSCs

> A kernel driver bug causes a stuck clock and system warning during video streaming, leading to denial of service on affected devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-50266, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50266, GHSA-wxm8-2h9q-mr2r, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50266

## What is CVE-2024-50266?

CVE-2024-50266 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 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:

clk: qcom: videocc-sm8350: use HW_CTRL_TRIGGER for vcodec GDSCs

A recent change in the venus driver results in a stuck clock on the
Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, for example, when streaming video in firefox:

	video_cc_mvs0_clk status stuck at 'off'
	WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 2885 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:87 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c
	...
	Call trace:
	 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c
	 clk_branch2_enable+0x30/0x40
	 clk_core_enable+0xd8/0x29c
	 clk_enable+0x2c/0x4c
	 vcodec_clks_enable.isra.0+0x94/0xd8 [venus_core]
	 coreid_power_v4+0x464/0x628 [venus_core]
	 vdec_start_streaming+0xc4/0x510 [venus_dec]
	 vb2_start_streaming+0x6c/0x180 [videobuf2_common]
	 vb2_core_streamon+0x120/0x1dc [videobuf2_common]
	 vb2_streamon+0x1c/0x6c [videobuf2_v4l2]
	 v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon+0x30/0x80 [v4l2_mem2mem]
	 v4l_streamon+0x24/0x30 [videodev]

using the out-of-tree sm8350/sc8280xp venus support. [1]

Update also the sm8350/sc8280xp GDSC definitions so that the hw control
mode can be changed at runtime as the venus driver now requires.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50266?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50266?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50266 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-2024-50266 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50266 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 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-2024-50266 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-2024-50266/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50266/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50266
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50266
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50266

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50266/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.