CVE-2024-50302: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer
Vendor fix available · Affected: Linux · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 4 Mar 2025
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
ExploitationIn CISA KEV
- In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue4 Mar 2025
- Exploited (reported): not seen
- Scanning observed: not seen
- Proof of concept public: not seen
- Not established: not seen
Higher than 57% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Linux · Linuxfrom 3.10.16 before 3.11; from 3.11.5 before 3.12
- Linux · Linux3.12
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 4 Mar 2025 · catalogue entry
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Linux
- Published
- November 2024
What changed
- CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2024-50302 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.
References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA KEV cataloguecisa.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-908cwe.mitre.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aafgit.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0bgit.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648git.kernel.org
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552git.kernel.org
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.htmllists.debian.org
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.htmllists.debian.org
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.htmlcert-portal.siemens.com
1 more reference is in the CVE record.