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CVE-2024-27409

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-27409 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's dw-edma HDMA driver, specifically affecting the handling of DMA transfers in remote setups. A race condition can occur if the doorbell register is toggled before a linked list is fully written, as the linked list elements and pointer are not stored in the same memory as the HDMA controller register. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and potentially leading to a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.5, < 6.6.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-27409Moderate

kernel: dmaengine: dw-edma: HDMA: Add sync read before starting the DMA transfer in remote setup

May 17, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/17be6f5cb223f22e4733ed8fe8b2247cbb677716
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/227ef58a9b0c372efba422e8886a8015a1509eba
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/712a92a48158e02155b4b6b21e03a817f78c9b7e
Patch