# CVE-2024-38619: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized

> A missing check in the Linux kernel's alauda USB storage driver can cause a divide-by-zero error, leading to a system crash.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-38619, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38619, GHSA-2g5v-h9c6-j9cv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38619

## What is CVE-2024-38619?

CVE-2024-38619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized

The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0
if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors
in alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba().
- Add a member "media_initialized" to struct alauda_info.
- Change a condition in alauda_check_media() to ensure the
  first initialization.
- Add an error check for the return value of alauda_init_media().

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38619?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38619?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-38619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38619 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38619/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38619/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38619
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38619
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38619

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38619/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.