CVE-2024-42238

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-08-07

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nfirmware: cs_dsp: Return error if block header overflows file\nReturn an error from cs_dsp_power_up() if a block header is longer\nthan the amount of data left in the file.\nThe previous code in cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_load_coeff() would loop\nwhile there was enough data left in the file for a valid region. This\nprotected against overrunning the end of the file data, but it didn't\nabort the file processing with an error.

See more information about CVE-2024-42238 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-7000	2024-09-24
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-9315	2024-11-14