CVE-2024-42119: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id [WHY] ENGINE_ID_UNKNOWN = -1 and can not be used as an array index. Plus, it also means it is uninitialized and does not need free audio. [HOW] Skip and return NULL. This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.15, before 4.19.318 (fixed in 4.19.318); from 4.20, before 5.4.280 (fixed in 5.4.280); from 5.5, before 5.10.222 (fixed in 5.10.222); from 5.11, before 5.15.163 (fixed in 5.15.163); from 5.16, before 6.1.98 (fixed in 6.1.98); from 6.2, before 6.6.39 (fixed in 6.6.39); …

Published 2024-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.