CVE-2024-56594: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: set the right AMDGPU sg segment limitation The driver needs to set the correct

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: set the right AMDGPU sg segment limitation The driver needs to set the correct

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: set the right AMDGPU sg segment limitation The driver needs to set the correct max_segment_size; otherwise debug_dma_map_sg() will complain about the over-mapping of the AMDGPU sg length as following: WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1964 at kernel/dma/debug.c:1178 debug_dma_map_sg+0x2dc/0x370 [ 364.049444] Modules linked in: veth amdgpu(OE) amdxcp drm_exec gpu_sched drm_buddy drm_ttm_helper ttm(OE) drm_suballoc_helper drm_display_helper drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 nfs lockd grace netfs xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink xfrm_user xfrm_algo iptable_nat xt_addrtype iptable_filter br_netfilter nvme_fabrics overlay nfnetlink_cttimeout nfnetlink openvswitch nsh nf_conncount nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 libcrc32c bridge stp llc amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sunrpc sch_fq_codel snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_scodec_component snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg edac_mce_amd binfmt_misc snd_hda_codec snd_pci_acp6x snd_hda_core snd_acp_config snd_hwdep snd_soc_acpi kvm_amd snd_pcm kvm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_mi

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.23%, higher than 13% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 31, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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