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CVE-2024-50266

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-19
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.11.8 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: videocc-sm8350: use HW_CTRL_TRIGGER for vcodec GDSCs A recent change in the venus driver results in a stuck clock on the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s, for example, when streaming video in firefox: video_cc_mvs0_clk status stuck at 'off' WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 2885 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:87 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c ... Call trace: clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c clk_branch2_enable+0x30/0x40 clk_core_enable+0xd8/0x29c clk_enable+0x2c/0x4c vcodec_clks_enable.isra.0+0x94/0xd8 [venus_core] coreid_power_v4+0x464/0x628 [venus_core] vdec_start_streaming+0xc4/0x510 [venus_dec] vb2_start_streaming+0x6c/0x180 [videobuf2_common] vb2_core_streamon+0x120/0x1dc [videobuf2_common] vb2_streamon+0x1c/0x6c [videobuf2_v4l2] v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon+0x30/0x80 [v4l2_mem2mem] v4l_streamon+0x24/0x30 [videodev] using the out-of-tree sm8350/sc8280xp venus support. [1] Update also the sm8350/sc8280xp GDSC definitions so that the hw control mode can be changed at runtime as the venus driver now requires.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.11, < 6.11.8= 6.12

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.11.8 or later
Fixed in 6.11.8
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.11.8+ or 6.12.1+

  1. 1. Identify current kernel version using 'uname -r' or 'cat /proc/version'
  2. 2. Upgrade Linux kernel to version 6.11.8 or later (e.g., 6.11.9, 6.11.10)
  3. 3. Alternatively, upgrade to version 6.12.1 or later if using the 6.12 branch
  4. 4. For systems using distribution kernels, apply vendor-supplied kernel update that includes the fix commit d055f6f2bdfb8b9c9bc071f748c16bd3afb2db0f
  5. 5. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching firmware/bootloader support; minor kernel version bumps typically have low risk but test in non-production environment first

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