Service interruption via clock-table array underflow
Published Dec 24, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the Qualcomm GENI serial-engine driver allows local users to interrupt affected Linux systems. On its first iteration, geni_se_clk_tbl_get() compares the rounded clock rate with a nonexistent prior entry and reads before these->clk_perf_tbl[]. The affected Qualcomm GENI hardware path must execute, and the reported consequence is limited to service availability.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the Qualcomm GENI serial-engine driver allows local users to interrupt affected Linux systems. On its first iteration, geni_se_clk_tbl_get() compares the rounded clock rate with a nonexistent prior entry and reads before these->clk_perf_tbl[]. The affected Qualcomm GENI hardware path must execute, and the reported consequence is limited to service availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53158
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.18
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <351bb7f9ecb9d1f09bd7767491a2b8d07f4f1ea4
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <37cdd4f0c266560b7b924c42361eeae3dc5f0c3e
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <56eda41dcce0ec4d3418b4f85037bdea181486cc
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <748557ca7dc94695a6e209eb68fce365da9a3bb3
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <78261cb08f06c93d362cab5c5034bf5899bc7552
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <7a3465b79ef0539aa10b310ac3cc35e0ae25b79e
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <b0a9c6ccaf88c4701787f61ecd2ec0eb014a0677
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <c24e019ca12d9ec814af04b30a64dd7173fb20fe
- Affected versionversion=eddac5af06546d2e7a0730e3dc02dde3dc91098a <f4b7bf5a50f1fa25560f0b66a13563465542861b
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