High severity · published Dec 24, 2024
CVE-2024-53150
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources
In wildKEV
7.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources
The current USB-audio driver code doesn't check bLength of each
descriptor at traversing for clock descriptors. That is, when a
device provides a bogus descriptor with a shorter bLength, the driver
might hit out-of-bounds reads.
For addressing it, this patch adds sanity checks to the validator
functions for the clock descriptor traversal. When the descriptor
length is shorter than expected, it's skipped in the loop.
For the clock source and clock multiplier descriptors, we can just
check bLength against the sizeof() of each descriptor type.
OTOH, the clock selector descriptor of UAC2 and UAC3 has an array
of bNrInPins elements and two more fields at its tail, hence those
have to be checked in addition to the sizeof() check.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Apr 9, 2025
Federal remediation dueApr 30, 2025
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.4.287; 5.5 before 5.10.231; 5.11 before 5.15.174; 5.16 before 6.1.120; 6.2 before 6.6.64; 6.7 before 6.11.11; +1 more · source: NVD, KEV
LI
Linux · Linux
b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before a632bdcb359fd8145e86486ff8612da98e239acd; b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before 45a92cbc88e4013bfed7fd2ccab3ade45f8e896b; b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before ab011f7439d9bbfd34fd3b9cef4b2d6d952c9bb9; b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before da13ade87a12dd58829278bc816a61bea06a56a9; b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before 74cb86e1006c5437b1d90084d22018da30fddc77; b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a before ea0fa76f61cf8e932d1d26e6193513230816e11d; +7 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53150
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53150
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a632bdcb359fd8145e86486ff8612da98e239acd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a92cbc88e4013bfed7fd2ccab3ade45f8e896b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab011f7439d9bbfd34fd3b9cef4b2d6d952c9bb9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da13ade87a12dd58829278bc816a61bea06a56a9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cb86e1006c5437b1d90084d22018da30fddc77
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0fa76f61cf8e932d1d26e6193513230816e11d
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