CVE-2024-50289 media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability
A Spectre vulnerability in the Linux kernel av7110 media driver allows local attackers to potentially read sensitive memory.
- 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-2024-50289?
CVE-2024-50289 is a medium-severity 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:
media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability
As warned by smatch: drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_ca.c:270 dvb_ca_ioctl() warn: potential spectre issue 'av7110->ci_slot' [w] (local cap)
There is a spectre-related vulnerability at the code. Fix it.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50289?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-50289?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-50289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-50289, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50289, GHSA-q4xx-hhq8-9f85, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-50289, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-50289, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-50289 and 1 more.