Linux Kernel up to 5.15.166/6.1.108/6.6.49/6.10.8 AMD Display linear_pitch_alignment divide by zero

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.166/6.1.108/6.6.49/6.10.8. Affected by this issue is the function linear_pitch_alignment of the component AMD Display. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-46732. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.166/6.1.108/6.6.49/6.10.8 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function linear_pitch_alignment of the component AMD Display. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Assign linear_pitch_alignment even for VM [Description] Assign linear_pitch_alignment so we don't cause a divide by 0 error in VM environments

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-46732 since 09/11/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208053 (Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-055)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.15.167, 6.1.109, 6.6.50 or 6.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4bd7710f2fec/d219f902b16d/d2fe7ac613a1/c44b568931d2/984debc133ef 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 (208053) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-2173). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

• 5.15.166
• 6.1.108
• 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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