CWE
908
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2024-50302: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer

First published: Tue Nov 19 2024(Updated: )

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.

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux Linux kernel>=3.12<4.19.324
Linux Linux kernel>=4.20<5.4.286
Linux Linux kernel>=5.5<5.10.230
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.172
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.117
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.61
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.11.8
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=6.12-rc6

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