# CVE-2024-53158: soc: qcom: geni-se: fix array underflow in geni\_se\_clk\_tbl\_get()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: qcom: geni-se: fix array underflow in geni_se_clk_tbl_get() This loop is supposed to break if the frequency returned from clk_round_rate() is the same as on the previous iteration. However, that check doesn't make sense on the first iteration through the loop. It leads to reading before the start of these->clk_perf_tbl[] array.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37cdd4f0c266560b7b924c42361eeae3dc5f0c3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3465b79ef0539aa10b310ac3cc35e0ae25b79e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/748557ca7dc94695a6e209eb68fce365da9a3bb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b7bf5a50f1fa25560f0b66a13563465542861b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9c6ccaf88c4701787f61ecd2ec0eb014a0677
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c24e019ca12d9ec814af04b30a64dd7173fb20fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56eda41dcce0ec4d3418b4f85037bdea181486cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/351bb7f9ecb9d1f09bd7767491a2b8d07f4f1ea4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78261cb08f06c93d362cab5c5034bf5899bc7552

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