CVE-2024-39475 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's fbdev savage driver. It stems from an unhandled error return when savagefb_check_var fails, specifically when the pixclock value is zero, leading to a divide-by-zero error. This local vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires low privileges and local access, resulting in high availability impact (system crash) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.19, < 4.19.316CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.4, < 5.4.278CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.10, < 5.10.219CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.15, < 5.15.161CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1, < 6.1.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVE-2024-39475
Sep 10, 2024fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed
Jul 9, 2024kernel: fbdev: savage: Handle err return when savagefb_check_var failed
Jul 5, 2024OVMSA-2024-0016: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT)