CVE-2024-53061: 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: media: s5p-jpeg: prevent buffer overflows The current logic allows word to be less than 2. If this happens, there will be buffer overflows, as reported by smatch. Add extra checks to prevent it. While here, remove an unused word = 0 assignment.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.4, before 4.19.324 (fixed in 4.19.324); from 4.20, before 5.4.286 (fixed in 5.4.286); from 5.5, before 5.10.230 (fixed in 5.10.230); from 5.11, before 5.15.172 (fixed in 5.15.172); from 5.16, before 6.1.117 (fixed in 6.1.117); from 6.2, before 6.6.61 (fixed in 6.6.61); …

Published 2024-11-19. Last modified 2026-08-04.