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Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50056usb: gadget: uvc: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in uvc_v4l2.c

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: uvc: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in uvc_v4l2.c Fix potential dereferencing of ERR_PTR() in find_format_by_pix() and uvc_v4l2_enum_format(). Fix the following smatch errors: drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c:124 find_format_by_pix() error: 'fmtdesc' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c:392 uvc_v4l2_enum_format() error: 'fmtdesc' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() Also, fix similar issue in uvc_v4l2_try_format() for potential dereferencing of ERR_PTR().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.133-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50056
Debian:12linux6.1.133-1DSA-5900-1
Debian:13linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50056
Debian:14linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-56.58USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-56.58UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1025.27USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1026.28USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1026.28~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1026.28~22.04.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1021.25USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1008.10USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-56.58.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1024.27USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1024.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1024.27~22.04.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1024.27~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1024.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1024.27.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1022.23USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1022.23~22.04.1USN-7383-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1022.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-56.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-56.58.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50056

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 588b9e85609bcb2f84a2be83591480aa943943b6 – before 03fa71e97e9bb116993ec1d51b8a6fe776db0984588b9e85609bcb2f84a2be83591480aa943943b6 – before 72a68d2bede3284b95ee93a5ab3a81758bba95b0588b9e85609bcb2f84a2be83591480aa943943b6 – before cedeb36c3ff4acd0f3d09918dfd8ed1df05efdd6588b9e85609bcb2f84a2be83591480aa943943b6 – before a7bb96b18864225a694e3887ac2733159489e4b0
Linux Linux 6.1

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