CVE-2024-50289

media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2024 at 01:30 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability As warned by smatch: drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_ca.c:270 dvb_ca_ioctl() warn: potential spectre issue 'av7110->ci_slot' [w] (local cap) There is a spectre-related vulnerability at the code. Fix it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 458ea1c0be991573ec436aa0afa23baacfae101a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f3927206c478bd249c225414f7a751752a30e7b9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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