Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-50177 is a medium-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique LSA Secrets (T1003.004); ranked at the 8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44679
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a UBSAN warning in DML2.1 When programming phantom pipe, since cursor_width is explicity set to 0, this causes calculation logic to trigger overflow for an unsigned int triggering…
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the kernel's UBSAN check as below: [ 40.962845] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in /tmp/amd.EfpumTkO/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c:3312:34 [ 40.962849] shift exponent 4294967170 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int' [ 40.962852] CPU: 1 PID: 1670 Comm: gnome-shell Tainted: G W OE 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu [ 40.962854] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X670E AORUS PRO X/X670E AORUS PRO X, BIOS F21 01/10/2024 [ 40.962856] Call Trace: [ 40.962857] <TASK> [ 40.962860] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70 [ 40.962870] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 40.962872] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1ac/0x360 [ 40.962878] calculate_cursor_req_attributes.cold+0x1b/0x28 [amdgpu] [ 40.963099] dml_core_mode_support+0x6b91/0x16bc0 [amdgpu] [ 40.963327] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963331] ? CalculateWatermarksMALLUseAndDRAMSpeedChangeSupport+0x18b8/0x2790 [amdgpu] [ 40.963534] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963536] ? dml_core_mode_support+0xb3db/0x16bc0 [amdgpu] [ 40.963730] dml2_core_calcs_mode_support_ex+0x2c/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 40.963906] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.963909] ? dml2_core_calcs_mode_support_ex+0x2c/0x90 [amdgpu] [ 40.964078] core_dcn4_mode_support+0x72/0xbf0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964247] dml2_top_optimization_perform_optimization_phase+0x1d3/0x2a0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964420] dml2_build_mode_programming+0x23d/0x750 [amdgpu] [ 40.964587] dml21_validate+0x274/0x770 [amdgpu] [ 40.964761] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.964763] ? resource_append_dpp_pipes_for_plane_composition+0x27c/0x3b0 [amdgpu] [ 40.964942] dml2_validate+0x504/0x750 [amdgpu] [ 40.965117] ? dml21_copy+0x95/0xb0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965291] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.965295] dcn401_validate_bandwidth+0x4e/0x70 [amdgpu] [ 40.965491] update_planes_and_stream_state+0x38d/0x5c0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965672] update_planes_and_stream_v3+0x52/0x1e0 [amdgpu] [ 40.965845] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f [ 40.965849] dc_update_planes_and_stream+0x71/0xb0 [amdgpu] Fix this by adding a guard for checking cursor width before triggering the size calculation.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (static analysis, fuzzing, unit tests) directly finds integer overflow defects before deployment.
Secure engineering principles require use of safe arithmetic constructs or language features that structurally eliminate integer overflow during calculation.
Input validation enforces bounds on values before arithmetic, stopping the conditions that trigger overflow or wraparound.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.