drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00281 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.19.318, 5.4.280, 5.10.222 +5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.15 and later | 4.19.318, 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.15 and later Fixed in 4.19.318, 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.15 to before 4.19.318; 4.20 to before 5.4.280; 5.5 to before 5.10.222; 5.11 to before 5.15.163; 5.16 to before 6.1.98; 6.2 to before 6.6.39; 6.7 to before 6.9.9 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 to before 4.19.318; 4.20 to before 5.4.280; 5.5 to before 5.10.222; 5.11 to before 5.15.163; 5.16 to before 6.1.98; 6.2 to before 6.6.39; 6.7 to before 6.9.9 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.318, 5.4.280, 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42119
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vq7-vpgr-2529
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eb4db08a808e3a3ba59193aeb84a57a6dc4d8c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eacca028a623f608607d02457122ee5284491e18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa7bd3ca9cfa902b857d1dc9a5f46fededf86c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afaaebdee9bb9f26d9e13cc34b33bd0a7bf59488
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874261358d31fc772f2823604167e670983cc1ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ad20ee3c4efbb91f9a4ab08e070aa3697f5879
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/881fb6afc0004c5e6392ae2848f825bf051dae14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1357b2165d9ad94faa4c4a20d5e2ce29c2ff29c3
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Sources
- CVE-2024-42119 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-42119 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vq7-vpgr-2529 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-42119 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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