CVE-2024-57800

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Jan 11, 2025 linux EPSS 0.21% (11th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-57800 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 11, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking

With CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG enabled, the following warning is observed:

DMA-API: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x00000000ffff0000] [size=20480 bytes] [mapped as single]

WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 2255 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1036 check_unmap+0x1408/0x2430

CPU: 28 UID: 42 PID: 2255 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G W L 6.12.0-10-133577cad6bf48e5a7848c4338124081393bfe8a+ #759

debug_dma_unmap_page+0xe9/0xf0

snd_dma_wc_free+0x85/0x130 [snd_pcm]

snd_pcm_lib_free_pages+0x1e3/0x440 [snd_pcm]

snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x1c9a/0x2960 [snd_pcm]

snd_pcm_ioctl+0x6a/0xc0 [snd_pcm]

...

Check for returned DMA addresses using specialized dma_mapping_error()

helper which is generally recommended for this purpose by

Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.12, < 6.12.8	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/c180c3f42d340e8dcb9094bb8ea7d477d37081a8 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0308134d26dbbeb209a1581eea46df663866b6

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-57800?

CVE-2024-57800 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 11, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-57800?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-57800?

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