What is CVE-2024-42120?

CVE-2024-42120 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and patched in 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98 and others. CVE-2024-42120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42120?

CVE-2024-42120 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42120?

Yes, CVE-2024-42120 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-42120 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42120

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check pipe offset before setting vblank pipe_ctx has a size of MAX_PIPES so checking its index before accessing the array. This fixes an OVERRUN issue reported by Coverity.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-30

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-129

CVE-2024-42120 is classified as CWE-129

See CWE-129 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98, 6.6.39, 6.9.9, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.15

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.222 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.163 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.98 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.39 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.9 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b3702f9d43d163fd05e43b7d7e22e766dbef329

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5396a70e8cf462ec5ccf2dc8de103c79de9489e6

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96bf81cc1bd058bb8af6e755a548e926e934dfd1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2e9abc95583ac7bbb2c47da4d476a798146dfd6

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ec2afeeee4c91cebc4eff6d4f1ecf4047259f4

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42120

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-30

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42120?

CVE-2024-42120 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and has been patched in 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98 and others. CVE-2024-42120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42120?

CVE-2024-42120 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42120?

Yes. CVE-2024-42120 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.222, 5.15.163, 6.1.98 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-42120 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-42120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.