Linux Kernel up to 6.9.8 AMD Display array index

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.9.8. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AMD Display. This manipulation causes array index. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-42118. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.9.8. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component AMD Display. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a array index vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-129. The product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Do not return negative stream id for array [WHY] resource_stream_to_stream_idx returns an array index and it return -1 when not found; however, -1 is not a valid array index number. [HOW] When this happens, call ASSERT(), and return a zero instead. This fixes an OVERRUN and an NEGATIVE_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-42118 since 07/29/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/29/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210060 (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7089-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.9.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a76fa9c4f0fc/3ac31c9a707d 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 (210060) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1722). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• Siemens SIMATIC S7
• Oracle VM
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Dell PowerScale
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
• IBM Storage Scale
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5
• 6.9.6
• 6.9.7
• 6.9.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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