# CVE-2024-41056: firmware: cs\_dsp: Use strnlen() on name fields in V1 wmfw files

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-29 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: cs_dsp: Use strnlen() on name fields in V1 wmfw files Use strnlen() instead of strlen() on the algorithm and coefficient name string arrays in V1 wmfw files. In V1 wmfw files the name is a NUL-terminated string in a fixed-size array. cs_dsp should protect against overrunning the array if the NUL terminator is missing.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d76857d6b5426f41b587d0bb925de3f25bfb21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/392cff2f86a25a4286ff3151c7739143c61c1781
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53a9f8cdbf35a682e9894e1a606f4640e5359185
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/680e126ec0400f6daecf0510c5bb97a55779ff03

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