CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-50205

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ALSA firewire-lib was fixed for a division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size(). The step variable is initialized to zero and if it is not changed in the loop it remains zero, leading to division by zero.

Risk Assessment

A division by zero in kernel code can cause a system crash or incorrect operation of FireWire audio devices.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix in the ALSA firewire-lib module.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size() The step variable is initialized to zero. It is changed in the loop, but if it's not changed it will remain zero. Add a variable check before the division. The observed behavior was introduced by commit 826b5de90c0b ("ALSA: firewire-lib: fix insufficient PCM rule for period/buffer size"), and it is difficult to show that any of the interval parameters will satisfy the snd_interval_test() condition with data from the amdtp_rate_table[] table. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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