CVE-2024-49971

MEDIUM EPSS 10.7%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Increase array size of dummy_boolean [WHY] dml2_core_shared_mode_support and dml_core_mode_support access the third element of dummy_boolean, i.e. hw_debug5 = &s->dummy_boolean[2], when dummy_boolean has size of 2. Any assignment to hw_debug5 causes an OVERRUN. [HOW] Increase dummy_boolean's array size to 3. This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
10.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.11.3

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d64d39486197083497a01b39e23f2f8474b35d3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9e48b7bb9cf3b78f0305ef0144aaf61da0a83d8
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d64d39486197083497a01b39e23f2f8474b35d3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9e48b7bb9cf3b78f0305ef0144aaf61da0a83d8
    Patch