Linux Kernel up to 6.6.49/6.10.8 AMD Display aux_rd_interval memory corruption

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.49/6.10.8. This affects the function aux_rd_interval of the component AMD Display. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-46728. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.49/6.10.8. This vulnerability affects the function aux_rd_interval of the component AMD Display. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check index for aux_rd_interval before using aux_rd_interval has size of 7 and should be checked. This fixes 3 OVERRUN and 1 INTEGER_OVERFLOW issues reported by Coverity.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-46728 since 09/11/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/05/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208720 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.50 or 6.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 48e0b68e2360/6c588e9350dd/9ba2ea6337b4 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 (208720) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-2173). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.6.49
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7
• 6.10.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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