{"id":"CVE-2024-50134","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/vboxvideo: Replace fake VLA at end of vbva_mouse_pointer_shape with real VLA\n\nReplace the fake VLA at end of the vbva_mouse_pointer_shape shape with\na real VLA to f…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/vboxvideo: Replace fake VLA at end of vbva_mouse_pointer_shape with real VLA\n\nReplace the fake VLA at end of the vbva_mouse_pointer_shape shape with\na real VLA to f…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.15.170","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.115","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.59","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.6","linux_kernel = 6.12"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.11.6"],"published":"2024-11-05","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:19:08.037","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50134","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02c86c5d5ef4bbba17d38859c74872825f536617","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a422274b693507025a7db21519865d1862afcb","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7458a6cdaebb3dc59af8578ee354fae78a154c4a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75f828e944dacaac8870418461d3d48a1ecf2331","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eb32bd23bbcec44bcbef27b7f282b7a7f3d0391","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92b90f9a54d9300a6e883258e79f36dab53bfae","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fae9dc12c61ce23cf29d09824a741b7b1ff8f01f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00252,"epssPercentile":0.16579,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.764Z","slug":"CVE-2024-50134","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/vboxvideo: Replace fake VLA at end of vbva_mouse_pointer_shape with real VLA\n\nReplace the fake VLA at end of the vbva_mouse_pointer_shape shape with\na real VLA to fix a \"memcpy: detected field-spanning write error\" warning:\n\n[   13.319813] memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 16896) of single field \"p->data\" at drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c:154 (size 4)\n[   13.319841] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1105 at drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c:154 hgsmi_update_pointer_shape+0x192/0x1c0 [vboxvideo]\n[   13.320038] Call Trace:\n[   13.320173]  hgsmi_update_pointer_shape [vboxvideo]\n[   13.320184]  vbox_cursor_atomic_update [vboxvideo]\n\nNote as mentioned in the added comment it seems the original length\ncalculation for the allocated and send hgsmi buffer is 4 bytes too large.\nChanging this is not the goal of this patch, so this behavior is kept.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.15.170`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.115`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.59`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.6`\n- `linux_kernel = 6.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.11.6`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}