CVE-2024-56784 drm/amd/display: Adding array index check to prevent memory corruption
Out-of-bounds array indices in the AMD display driver allow memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2024-56784?
CVE-2024-56784 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jan 2025. 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/amd/display: Adding array index check to prevent memory corruption
[Why & How] Array indices out of bound caused memory corruption. Adding checks to ensure that array index stays in bound.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56784?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56784?
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-2024-56784 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56784 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-56784, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56784, GHSA-j3fj-gjrj-c97q, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-56784, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-56784, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-56784 and 1 more.