CVE-2024-57950 drm/amd/display: Initialize denominator defaults to 1
A divide-by-zero error in the AMD display driver can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch to prevent denial of service.
- 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-2024-57950?
CVE-2024-57950 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Feb 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: Initialize denominator defaults to 1
[WHAT & HOW] Variables, used as denominators and maybe not assigned to other values, should be initialized to non-zero to avoid DIVIDE_BY_ZERO, as reported by Coverity.
(cherry picked from commit e2c4c6c10542ccfe4a0830bb6c9fd5b177b7bbb7)
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57950?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57950?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-57950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-57950, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57950, GHSA-ghrw-wmhg-p2cm, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-57950, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-57950, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-57950 and 1 more.