UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50302

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50302

    Published: 19 Nov 2024Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50302, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50302, https://git.kernel.org/linus/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552, 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, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7276-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7277-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7288-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7289-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7291-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7288-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7289-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7293-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7295-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7289-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7305-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7289-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7308-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7310-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-4, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7331-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7388-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7389-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7390-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7393-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7401-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7402-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7403-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7402-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7413-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7402-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7402-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7428-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7429-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7428-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7429-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7402-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7451-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7458-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7468-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7523-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7524-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7539-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7540-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7720-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-207.258

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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