🛡️ CVE-2024-42238 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: cs_dsp: Return error if block header overflows file Return an error from cs_dsp_power_up() if a block header is longer than the amount of data left in the file. The previous code in cs_dsp_load() and cs_dsp_load_coeff() would loop while there was enough data left in the file for a valid region. This protected against overrunning the end of the file data, but it didn't abort the file processing with an error.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-42238 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.9.10-1; earlier versions remain affected.

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 none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42238 is recorded against 2 packages.

linux (fixed in 6.9.10-1)
linux-6.1 (fixed in 6.1.119-1~deb11u1)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-42238 on other distributions

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

BellSoft Base record Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-08-07

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.9.10-1
linux-6.1	—	6.1.119-1~deb11u1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42238

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