Answer in brief
CVE-2024-38606 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in crypto: qat - validate slices count returned by FW. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <e57ed345e2e6043629fc74aa5be051415dcc4f77 || >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <9b284b915e2a5e63ca133353f8c456eff4446f82 || >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <483fd65ce29317044d1d00757e3fd23503b6b04c | e57ed345e2e6043629fc74aa5be051415dcc4f77, 9b284b915e2a5e63ca133353f8c456eff4446f82, 483fd65ce29317044d1d00757e3fd23503b6b04c |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.8 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 19, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - validate slices count returned by FW The function adf_send_admin_tl_start() enables the telemetry (TL) feature on a QAT device by sending the ICP_QAT_FW_TL_START message to the firmware. This triggers the FW to start writing TL data to a DMA buffer in memory and returns an array containing the number of accelerators of each type (slices) supported by this HW. The pointer to this array is stored in the adf_tl_hw_data data structure called slice_cnt. The array slice_cnt is then used in the function tl_print_dev_data() to report in debugfs only statistics about the supported accelerators. An incorrect value of the elements in slice_cnt might lead to an out of bounds memory read. At the moment, there isn't an implementation of FW that returns a wrong value, but for robustness validate the slice count array returned by FW.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2024-38606 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in crypto: qat - validate slices count returned by FW. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <e57ed345e2e6043629fc74aa5be051415dcc4f77 || >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <9b284b915e2a5e63ca133353f8c456eff4446f82 || >=69e7649f7cc2aaa7889174456d39319a623c1a18 <483fd65ce29317044d1d00757e3fd23503b6b04c | e57ed345e2e6043629fc74aa5be051415dcc4f77, 9b284b915e2a5e63ca133353f8c456eff4446f82, 483fd65ce29317044d1d00757e3fd23503b6b04c |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.8 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 19, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - validate slices count returned by FW The function adf_send_admin_tl_start() enables the telemetry (TL) feature on a QAT device by sending the ICP_QAT_FW_TL_START message to the firmware. This triggers the FW to start writing TL data to a DMA buffer in memory and returns an array containing the number of accelerators of each type (slices) supported by this HW. The pointer to this array is stored in the adf_tl_hw_data data structure called slice_cnt. The array slice_cnt is then used in the function tl_print_dev_data() to report in debugfs only statistics about the supported accelerators. An incorrect value of the elements in slice_cnt might lead to an out of bounds memory read. At the moment, there isn't an implementation of FW that returns a wrong value, but for robustness validate the slice count array returned by FW.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.