CVE-2024-50117

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-11-05

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndrm/amd: Guard against bad data for ATIF ACPI method\nIf a BIOS provides bad data in response to an ATIF method call\nthis causes a NULL pointer dereference in the caller.\n```\n? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:478 (discriminator 1))\n? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:423 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)\n? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:544 (discriminator 2) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:705 (discriminator 2))\n? do_user_addr_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:440 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1232 (discriminator 1))\n? acpi_ut_update_object_reference (drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:642)\n? exc_page_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1542)\n? asm_exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623)\n? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:387 (discriminator 2)) amdgpu\n? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:386 (discriminator 1)) amdgpu\n```\nIt has been encountered on at least one system, so guard for it.\n(cherry picked from commit c9b7c809b89f24e9372a4e7f02d64c950b07fdee)

See more information about CVE-2024-50117 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v3 metrics

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

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12884	2024-12-16
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12884	2024-12-16