CVEs / CVE-2024-53197
CVE-2024-53197: Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 9 Apr 2025
- high 7.8 CVSS 3.1 (from the CNA)
- EPSS 4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the USB-audio driver that allows an attacker with physical access to the system to use a malicious USB device to potentially manipulate system memory, escalate privileges, or execute arbitrary code.
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19 | 0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19 |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7 | 9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7 |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865 | 62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865 |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b | 9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b | 920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d | b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before 379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960 | 379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960 |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca | b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca |
| Linux Linux | from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, before b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40 | b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40 |
| Linux Linux | 2.6.12 | — |
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kernel (Linux) | from 2.6.12, before 4.19.325 | 4.19.325 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 4.20.0, before 5.4.287 | 5.4.287 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 5.5.0, before 5.10.231 | 5.10.231 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 5.11.0, before 5.15.174 | 5.15.174 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 5.16.0, before 6.1.120 | 6.1.120 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 6.2.0, before 6.6.64 | 6.6.64 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 6.7.0, before 6.11.11 | 6.11.11 |
| Kernel (Linux) | from 6.12.0, before 6.12.2 | 6.12.2 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 9 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 30 Apr 2025 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| 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. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by the CNA (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0) |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2024-53197 on NVD
- CVE-2024-53197 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122725-CVE-2024-53197-6aef@gregkh/ (cited by CISA)
- https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2024-53197 on OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html Mailing List
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53197 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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