CVE-2024-57800 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking With CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG enabled, the following warning is observed: DMA-API: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: device driver failed to check map error[device address=0x00000000ffff0000] [size=20480 bytes] [mapped as single] WARNING: CPU: 28 PID: 2255 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1036 check_unmap+0x1408/0x2430 CPU: 28 UID: 42 PID: 2255 Comm: wireplumber Tainted: G W L 6.12.0-10-133577cad6bf48e5a7848c4338124081393bfe8a+ #759 debug_dma_unmap_page+0xe9/0xf0 snd_dma_wc_free+0x85/0x130 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_lib_free_pages+0x1e3/0x440 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x1c9a/0x2960 [snd_pcm] snd_pcm_ioctl+0x6a/0xc0 [snd_pcm] ... Check for returned DMA addresses using specialized dma_mapping_error() helper which is generally recommended for this purpose by Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-10-17	0.05%	0.03%	-0.02%
2	2025-10-07	0.04%	0.05%	+0.01%
3	2025-01-12	—	0.04%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-10-17

0.05%

0.03%

-0.02%

2025-10-07

0.04%

0.05%

+0.01%

2025-01-12

—

0.04%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57800

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2024-57800 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57800
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57800
`suse`	medium	CVE-2024-57800 severity moderate: SUSE including 64 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 280 product×package rows across 49 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5, … (49 product lines)): Known Not Affected 242, Fixed 38.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57800/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2024-57800 medium priority: Ubuntu including 126 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1008 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 690, ignored 146, not-affected 112, released 60.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57800

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57800

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.12, < 6.12.8	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.13	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.13	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.13	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.13	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4::::::

References for CVE-2024-57800

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c180c3f42d340e8dcb9094bb8ea7d477d37081a8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa0308134d26dbbeb209a1581eea46df663866b6	Patch

URL

CVE-2024-57800 | ALSA: memalloc: prefer dma_mapping_error() over explicit address checking

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-57800

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-57800

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-57800

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57800

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57800

References for CVE-2024-57800