CVE-2024-53150
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources
Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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.
CISA notes
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/2024122427-CVE-2024-53150-3a7d@gregkh/ ; https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53150
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources The current USB-audio driver code doesn't check bLength of each descriptor at traversing for clock descriptors. That is, when a device provides a bogus descriptor with a shorter bLength, the driver might hit out-of-bounds reads. For addressing it, this patch adds sanity checks to the validator functions for the clock descriptor traversal. When the descriptor length is shorter than expected, it's skipped in the loop. For the clock source and clock multiplier descriptors, we can just check bLength against the sizeof() of each descriptor type. OTOH, the clock selector descriptor of UAC2 and UAC3 has an array of bNrInPins elements and two more fields at its tail, hence those have to be checked in addition to the sizeof() check.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HAffected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <a632bdcb359fd8145e86486ff8612da98e239acd b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <45a92cbc88e4013bfed7fd2ccab3ade45f8e896b b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <ab011f7439d9bbfd34fd3b9cef4b2d6d952c9bb9 b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <da13ade87a12dd58829278bc816a61bea06a56a9 b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <74cb86e1006c5437b1d90084d22018da30fddc77 b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <ea0fa76f61cf8e932d1d26e6193513230816e11d b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <096bb5b43edf755bc4477e64004fa3a20539ec2f b8e4f1fdfa422398c2d6c47bfb7d1feb3046d70a to <a3dd4d63eeb452cfb064a13862fb376ab108f6a6 9feeaa50e5b4b0b71259d918a36ecf9059e60796 3b17a13b687ae99939dc94a4ae01fbc34f68decc 4.19.84 to <4.20 5.3.11 to <5.4 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.4 0 to <5.4 (unaffected) 5.4.287 to 5.4.* (unaffected) 5.10.231 to 5.10.* (unaffected) 5.15.174 to 5.15.* (unaffected) 6.1.120 to 6.1.* (unaffected) 6.6.64 to 6.6.* (unaffected) 6.11.11 to 6.11.* (unaffected) 6.12.2 to 6.12.* (unaffected) 6.13 to * (unaffected) |
References
10 Links- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a632bdcb359fd8145e86486ff8612da98e239acd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a92cbc88e4013bfed7fd2ccab3ade45f8e896b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab011f7439d9bbfd34fd3b9cef4b2d6d952c9bb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da13ade87a12dd58829278bc816a61bea06a56a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cb86e1006c5437b1d90084d22018da30fddc77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0fa76f61cf8e932d1d26e6193513230816e11d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/096bb5b43edf755bc4477e64004fa3a20539ec2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3dd4d63eeb452cfb064a13862fb376ab108f6a6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Record Details
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