CVE-2024-21949

Summary

CVE-2024-21949 is a newly discovered vulnerability in the NPU (Neuromorphic Processing Unit) driver. This issue arises due to inadequate verification of user inputs, making it susceptible to buffer overflows. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw by introducing unexpectedly large data, causing the system to crash. This vulnerability poses a potential threat to system stability and could be exploited to gain unauthorized access or execute malicious code. Users are strongly advised to update their NPU drivers as soon as patches become available to mitigate this risk.

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