# CVE-2024-41035: USB: core: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor

> A flaw in the Linux kernel USB core allows duplicate endpoint descriptors to bypass checks, potentially causing system instability or crashes.

- **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:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-41035, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41035, GHSA-7v5q-9hp6-p273, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41035

## What is CVE-2024-41035?

CVE-2024-41035 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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: core: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor

Syzbot has identified a bug in usbcore (see the Closes: tag below)
caused by our assumption that the reserved bits in an endpoint
descriptor's bEndpointAddress field will always be 0.  As a result of
the bug, the endpoint_is_duplicate() routine in config.c (and possibly
other routines as well) may believe that two descriptors are for
distinct endpoints, even though they have the same direction and
endpoint number.  This can lead to confusion, including the bug
identified by syzbot (two descriptors with matching endpoint numbers
and directions, where one was interrupt and the other was bulk).

To fix the bug, we will clear the reserved bits in bEndpointAddress
when we parse the descriptor.  (Note that both the USB-2.0 and USB-3.1
specs say these bits are "Reserved, reset to zero".)  This requires us
to make a copy of the descriptor earlier in usb_parse_endpoint() and
use the copy instead of the original when checking for duplicates.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41035?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41035?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41035 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41035 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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-2024-41035 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-2024-41035/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41035/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41035
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41035
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41035

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