# CVE-2024-42119: drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine\_id

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Skip finding free audio for unknown engine_id [WHY] ENGINE_ID_UNKNOWN = -1 and can not be used as an array index. Plus, it also means it is uninitialized and does not need free audio. [HOW] Skip and return NULL. This fixes 2 OVERRUN issues reported by Coverity.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eb4db08a808e3a3ba59193aeb84a57a6dc4d8c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eacca028a623f608607d02457122ee5284491e18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa7bd3ca9cfa902b857d1dc9a5f46fededf86c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afaaebdee9bb9f26d9e13cc34b33bd0a7bf59488
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874261358d31fc772f2823604167e670983cc1ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ad20ee3c4efbb91f9a4ab08e070aa3697f5879
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/881fb6afc0004c5e6392ae2848f825bf051dae14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1357b2165d9ad94faa4c4a20d5e2ce29c2ff29c3

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