Linux Kernel up to 6.7.10/6.8.1 amdgpu out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.10/6.8.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component amdgpu. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-27029. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.10/6.8.1. This affects some unknown functionality of the component amdgpu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix mmhub client id out-of-bounds access Properly handle cid 0x140.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-27029 since 02/19/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214686 (SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP6) (SUSE-SU-2025:0263-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or 6.9-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e1e076bda4fd/1f24b3040f2b/6540ff6482c1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (214686) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1008). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• EMC Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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