CVE-2024-42119 Affecting kernel-default package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELDEFAULT-8078252
  • published24 Sept 2024
  • disclosed23 Sept 2024

Introduced: 23 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-42119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default to version 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default package and not the kernel-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id

[WHY] ENGINE_ID_UNKNOWN = -1 and can not be used as an array index. Plus, it also means it is uninitialized and does not need free audio.

[HOW] Skip and return NULL.

This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS Scores

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