Description

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.

Known Exploited

🚨 Marked as known exploited on March 4th, 2025 (about 2 months ago).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50302

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector:

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux, Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.23% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 43.2% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: active

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50302
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552

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