5.5

CVE-2024-42260: drm/v3d: Validate passed in drm syncobj handles in the performance extension

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42260DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42260
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42260 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
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 5 · Related 5
USN-7154-1USN-7154-2USN-7155-1USN-7156-1USN-7196-1

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/v3d: Validate passed in drm syncobj handles in the performance extension If userspace provides an unknown or invalid handle anywhere in the handle array the rest of the driver will not handle that well. Fix it by checking handle was looked up successfully or otherwise fail the extension by jumping into the existing unwind. (cherry picked from commit a546b7e4d73c23838d7e4d2c92882b3ca902d213)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu92 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ bae7cb5d68001a8d4ceec5964dda74bb9aab7220, < 5d4aa25f47cd05e9eeac272906588728588605dd | ≥ bae7cb5d68001a8d4ceec5964dda74bb9aab7220, < 4ecc24a84d7e0254efd150ec23e0b89638386516 | 6.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.8, < 6.10.4 | 6.11:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.10.4-1

3 vendors · 95 products

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