CVE-2024-42238: firmware: cs_dsp: Return error if block header overflows file
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-42238 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 23 · Related 18Timeline
- 07-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: cs_dsp: Return error if block header overflows file Return an error from cs_dsp_power_up() if a block header is longer than the amount of data left in the file. The previous code in cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_load_coeff() would loop while there was enough data left in the file for a valid region. This protected against overrunning the end of the file data, but it didn't abort the file processing with an error.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu93 products
- linux< 6.8.0-48.48
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1018.20
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ f6bc909e7673c30abcbdb329e7d0aa2e83c103d7, < b8be70566b33abbd0180105070b4c67cfef8c44f | ≥ f6bc909e7673c30abcbdb329e7d0aa2e83c103d7, < 90ab191b7d181057d71234e8632e06b5844ac38e | ≥ f6bc909e7673c30abcbdb329e7d0aa2e83c103d7, < 6eabd23383805725eff416c203688b7a390d4153 | ≥ f6bc909e7673c30abcbdb329e7d0aa2e83c103d7, < 959fe01e85b7241e3ec305d657febbe82da16a02 | 5.16
- linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.100 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.41 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.10
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.9.10-1
3 vendors · 96 products
