CVE-2024-42121 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.119-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-8600820
  • published2 Jan 2025
  • disclosed30 Jul 2024

Introduced: 30 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-42121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Check index msg_id before read or write

[WHAT] msg_id is used as an array index and it cannot be a negative value, and therefore cannot be equal to MOD_HDCP_MESSAGE_ID_INVALID (-1).

[HOW] Check whether msg_id is valid before reading and setting.

This fixes 4 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS Scores

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