CVE-2024-53197
Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 2.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-53197
To remediate CVE-2024-53197, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.10.234-1 or later
- —upgrade to 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2024-53197 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2024-53197 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.10.234-1
- from 0, < 6.1.128-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |