CVE-2024-50189: HID: amd_sfh: Switch to device-managed dmam_alloc_coherent()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-50189 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 34Timeline
- 08-11-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: amd_sfh: Switch to device-managed dmam_alloc_coherent() Using the device-managed version allows to simplify clean-up in probe() error path. Additionally, this device-managed ensures proper cleanup, which helps to resolve memory errors, page faults, btrfs going read-only, and btrfs disk corruption.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
12%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu122 products
- linux< 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-56.58
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1025.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 4b2c53d93a4bc9d52cc0ec354629cfc9dc217f93, < 8c6ad37e5882073cab84901a31da9cb22f316276 | ≥ 4b2c53d93a4bc9d52cc0ec354629cfc9dc217f93, < 4cd9c5a0fcadc39a05c978a01e15e0d1edc4be93 | ≥ 4b2c53d93a4bc9d52cc0ec354629cfc9dc217f93, < 1c3b4c90479aa0375ec98fe1a802993ff96a5f47 | ≥ 4b2c53d93a4bc9d52cc0ec354629cfc9dc217f93, < 9dfee956f53eea96d93ef1e13ab4ce020f4c58b3 | ≥ 4b2c53d93a4bc9d52cc0ec354629cfc9dc217f93, < c56f9ecb7fb6a3a90079c19eb4c8daf3bbf514b3 | 5.11
- linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.57 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.4 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 125 products