CVE-2024-57998 OPP: add index check to assert to avoid buffer overflow in _read_freq()

What is CVE-2024-57998?

CVE-2024-57998 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 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:

OPP: add index check to assert to avoid buffer overflow in _read_freq()

Pass the freq index to the assert function to make sure we do not read a freq out of the opp->rates[] table when called from the indexed variants: dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact_indexed() or dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil/floor_indexed().

Add a secondary parameter to the assert function, unused for assert_single_clk() then add assert_clk_index() which will check for the clock index when called from the _indexed() find functions.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57998?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57998?

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-2024-57998 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57998 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-57998, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57998, GHSA-f86f-gm48-j2g3, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-57998, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57998.