CVE-2024-50205

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-11-08

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size()\nThe step variable is initialized to zero. It is changed in the loop,\nbut if it's not changed it will remain zero. Add a variable check\nbefore the division.\nThe observed behavior was introduced by commit 826b5de90c0b\n('ALSA: firewire-lib: fix insufficient PCM rule for period/buffer size'),\nand it is difficult to show that any of the interval parameters will\nsatisfy the snd_interval_test() condition with data from the\namdtp_rate_table[] table.\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High
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