CVE-2024-53197
Linux
Published 27 Dec 2024 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 9 Apr 2025, with a remediation deadline of 30 Apr 2025 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19 · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960 · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865 · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7 · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d · Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40 · Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html · Mailing List
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html · Mailing List
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53197 · US Government Resource