7.8

CVE-2024-42120: drm/amd/display: Check pipe offset before setting vblank

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42120DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42120
Published 30-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42120 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 31 · Related 27
DLA-4008-1DSA-5747-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1

Timeline

  1. 30-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check pipe offset before setting vblank pipe_ctx has a size of MAX_PIPES so checking its index before accessing the array. This fixes an OVERRUN issue reported by Coverity.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < b2e9abc95583ac7bbb2c47da4d476a798146dfd6 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 0b3702f9d43d163fd05e43b7d7e22e766dbef329 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < d2c3645a4a5ae5d933b4116c305d9d82b8199dbf | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 96bf81cc1bd058bb8af6e755a548e926e934dfd1 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < c5ec2afeeee4c91cebc4eff6d4f1ecf4047259f4 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 5396a70e8cf462ec5ccf2dc8de103c79de9489e6 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 5.10.222 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.163 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.98 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.39 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.98-1 | < 6.9.9-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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