ghsa-9qwc-r24c-26j3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-11-19 03:31
Modified
2024-11-27 15:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-50302"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-19T02:16:32Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer\n\nSince the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let\u0027s\nzero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can\u0027t be ever used\nto leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.",
  "id": "GHSA-9qwc-r24c-26j3",
  "modified": "2024-11-27T15:31:45Z",
  "published": "2024-11-19T03:31:09Z",
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}


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