CVE-2024-50302
medium CISA KEVLinux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Linux — Kernel
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.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-11-19 02:16
Modified: 2026-10-15 01:19
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2025-03-04 · due 2025-03-25
Known ransomware use: Unknown
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Affected products
google / android all versions
debian / debian_linux 11.0
siemens / simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp_firmware all versions
siemens / sinec_os <3.2
linux / linux_kernel ≥3.12 <4.19.324, ≥4.20 <5.4.286, ≥5.5 <5.10.230, ≥5.11 <5.15.172, ≥5.16 <6.1.117, ≥6.2 <6.6.61
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-50302 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗