{"id":"CVE-2024-50205","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size()\n\nThe step variable is initialized to zero","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size()\n\nThe step variable is initialized to zero. It is changed in the loop,\nbut if it's not changed i…","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","cwe":["CWE-369"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.285","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.229","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 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":"2024-11-08","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:19:10.287","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50205","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3452d39c4704aa12504e4190298c721fb01083c3","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bdc21506f12b2d432b1f2667e5ff4c75eee58e3","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e431f85c87bbffd93a9830d5a576586f9855291","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72cafe63b35d06b5cfbaf807e90ae657907858da","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4eb9e22131ec154e638cbd56629195c9bcbe9a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2826873db70a6719cdd9212a6739f3e6234cfc4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d575414361630b8b0523912532fcd7c79e43468c","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":0.00229,"epssPercentile":0.12779,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.766Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2025-10-01T20:17:39.245341Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-50205","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size()\n\nThe step variable is initialized to zero. It is changed in the loop,\nbut if it's not changed it will remain zero. Add a variable check\nbefore the division.\n\nThe observed behavior was introduced by commit 826b5de90c0b\n(\"ALSA: firewire-lib: fix insufficient PCM rule for period/buffer size\"),\nand it is difficult to show that any of the interval parameters will\nsatisfy the snd_interval_test() condition with data from the\namdtp_rate_table[] table.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.285`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.229`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 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,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}