CVE-2024-50201

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Nov 8, 2024 linux EPSS 0.21% (12th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-50201 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on November 8, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

drm/radeon: Fix encoder->possible_clones

Include the encoder itself in its possible_clones bitmask.

In the past nothing validated that drivers were populating

possible_clones correctly, but that changed in commit

74d2aacbe840 ("drm: Validate encoder->possible_clones").

Looks like radeon never got the memo and is still not

following the rules 100% correctly.

This results in some warnings during driver initialization:

Bogus possible_clones: [ENCODER:46:TV-46] possible_clones=0x4 (full encoder mask=0x7)

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 170 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c:615 drm_mode_config_validate+0x113/0x39c

...

(cherry picked from commit 3b6e7d40649c0d75572039aff9d0911864c689db)

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.8, < 5.10.228	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a235af0216411a32ab4db54f7bd19020b46c86d Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/28127dba64d8ae1a0b737b973d6d029908599611 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/68801730ebb9393460b30cd3885e407f15da27a9 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3cd27d85f0778f4ec07384d7516b33153759b8e Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/df75c78bfeff99f9b4815c3e79e2b1b1e34fe264 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/fda5dc80121b12871dc343ab37e0c3f0d138825d Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-50201?

CVE-2024-50201 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on November 8, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-50201?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-50201?

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