vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2024-50302: kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 19, 2024
Added
Mar 13, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer
Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's
zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used
to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-rhcos
References
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