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Linux Linux — ALSA: emux: improve patch ioctl data validation
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0023 14.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – —
Linux 2.6.12 – 4.19.317
TIMELINE
Jul 29 Reserved by Linux
Jul 29 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-42097 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: emux: improve patch ioctl data validation
In load_data(), make the validation of and skipping over the main info
block match that in load_guspatch().
In load_guspatch(), add checking that the specified patch length matches
the actually supplied data, like load_data() already did.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 29, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 29, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-42097 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.12 | 4.19.317 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-42097 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.