CVE-2024-53197
Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 30 April 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.56% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 9 April 2025 · due 30 April 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122725-CVE-2024-53197-6aef@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53197
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bccaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.htmlMailing List
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53197US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.