CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-38635

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel related to an incorrect PDI offset in the SoundWire code, leading to out-of-bounds access. This issue has been resolved by removing the unnecessary offset.

Risk Assessment

Out-of-bounds access can lead to unpredictable system behavior, posing a risk of crashes or exploitation by malicious software. Although no platforms have been identified where this access could occur, the risk remains.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for any abnormal behavior.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soundwire: cadence: fix invalid PDI offset For some reason, we add an offset to the PDI, presumably to skip the PDI0 and PDI1 which are reserved for BPT. This code is however completely wrong and leads to an out-of-bounds access. We were just lucky so far since we used only a couple of PDIs and remained within the PDI array bounds. A Fixes: tag is not provided since there are no known platforms where the out-of-bounds would be accessed, and the initial code had problems as well. A follow-up patch completely removes this useless offset.

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