VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-50302

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.81%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2024-11-19
Last modified2026-10-15
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Linux / Kernel

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-908

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