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Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CVE-2024-46729

High
7.8/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix incorrect size calculation for loop [WHY] fe_clk_en has size of 5 but sizeof(fe_clk_en) has byte size 20 which is lager than the array size. [HOW] Divide byte size 20 by its element size. This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-131 - Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

The software does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published