🛡️ CVE-2024-41039 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

firmware: cs_dsp: Fix overflow checking of wmfw header

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

firmware: cs_dsp: Fix overflow checking of wmfw header

Fix the checking that firmware file buffer is large enough for the

wmfw header, to prevent overrunning the buffer.

The original code tested that the firmware data buffer contained

enough bytes for the sums of the size of the structs

wmfw_header + wmfw_adsp1_sizes + wmfw_footer

But wmfw_adsp1_sizes is only used on ADSP1 firmware. For ADSP2 and

Halo Core the equivalent struct is wmfw_adsp2_sizes, which is

4 bytes longer. So the length check didn't guarantee that there

are enough bytes in the firmware buffer for a header with

wmfw_adsp2_sizes.

This patch splits the length check into three separate parts. Each

of the wmfw_header, wmfw_adsp?_sizes and wmfw_footer are checked

separately before they are used.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-41039 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.9.10)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 29 July 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2024-41039 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-07-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.9.10
linux-kernel

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