Answer in brief
CVE-2024-50288 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in media: vivid: fix buffer overwrite when using > 32 buffers. 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
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CVSS is 7.8. 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
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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 | >=cea70ed416b428f8214be196d62cc7ffaa11f1b8 <e6bacd8f2178b22859fe6d9f755f19dfcd9d3862 || >=cea70ed416b428f8214be196d62cc7ffaa11f1b8 <96d8569563916fe2f8fe17317e20e43f54f9ba4b | e6bacd8f2178b22859fe6d9f755f19dfcd9d3862, 96d8569563916fe2f8fe17317e20e43f54f9ba4b |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.8 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Nov 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: media: vivid: fix buffer overwrite when using > 32 buffers The maximum number of buffers that can be requested was increased to 64 for the video capture queue. But video capture used a must_blank array that was still sized for 32 (VIDEO_MAX_FRAME). This caused an out-of-bounds write when using buffer indices >= 32. Create a new define MAX_VID_CAP_BUFFERS that is used to access the must_blank array and set max_num_buffers for the video capture queue. This solves a crash reported by: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219258
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