---
id: CVE-2024-50289
title: 'media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability'
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability\n\nAs warned by smatch:\n\tdrivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_ca.c:270 dvb_ca_ioctl() warn: potential spectre issue 'av7110->ci_…"
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    0e58d7070eef16615e280d9b25d334b08e042b61
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    f3927206c478bd249c225414f7a751752a30e7b9
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    458ea1c0be991573ec436aa0afa23baacfae101a
  - Linux 2.6.12
published: '2024-11-19'
updated: '2026-10-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-21T12:35:28.865Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50289'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e58d7070eef16615e280d9b25d334b08e042b61'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3927206c478bd249c225414f7a751752a30e7b9'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/458ea1c0be991573ec436aa0afa23baacfae101a'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00239
epssPercentile: 0.1486
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T12:48:53.726Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: av7110: fix a spectre vulnerability

As warned by smatch:
	drivers/staging/media/av7110/av7110_ca.c:270 dvb_ca_ioctl() warn: potential spectre issue 'av7110->ci_slot' [w] (local cap)

There is a spectre-related vulnerability at the code. Fix it.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 0e58d7070eef16615e280d9b25d334b08e042b61`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < f3927206c478bd249c225414f7a751752a30e7b9`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 458ea1c0be991573ec436aa0afa23baacfae101a`
- `Linux 2.6.12`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.