CVE-2024-42223
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jul 30, 2024
Updated: Aug 2, 2024
CWE ID 190
Summary
CVE-2024-42223 is a newly identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel that affects the media driver dvb-frontends for the tda10048 chip. The issue arises from an integer overflow in the calculation of state->xtal_hz, which can be up to 16M. When this value is multiplied by pll_mfactor, a 32-bit integer overflow can occur. To mitigate this vulnerability, a new 64-bit variable has been introduced to hold the calculations and prevent potential integer overflows.
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