# CVE-2024-41097: usb: atm: cxacru: fix endpoint checking in cxacru_bind()

> A missing endpoint type check in the Linux kernel cxacru USB ATM driver can cause a kernel warning and potential denial of service when processing malformed USB descriptors.

- **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-2024-41097, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41097, GHSA-4f32-8hqj-hvcg, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41097

## What is CVE-2024-41097?

CVE-2024-41097 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: atm: cxacru: fix endpoint checking in cxacru_bind()

Syzbot is still reporting quite an old issue [1] that occurs due to
incomplete checking of present usb endpoints. As such, wrong
endpoints types may be used at urb sumbitting stage which in turn
triggers a warning in usb_submit_urb().

Fix the issue by verifying that required endpoint types are present
for both in and out endpoints, taking into account cmd endpoint type.

Unfortunately, this patch has not been tested on real hardware.

[1] Syzbot report:
usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 8667 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502 usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x18a0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 8667 Comm: kworker/0:4 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc4-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x18a0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502
...
Call Trace:
 cxacru_cm+0x3c0/0x8e0 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:649
 cxacru_card_status+0x22/0xd0 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:760
 cxacru_bind+0x7ac/0x11a0 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1209
 usbatm_usb_probe+0x321/0x1ae0 drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c:1055
 cxacru_usb_probe+0xdf/0x1e0 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c:1363
 usb_probe_interface+0x315/0x7f0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517 [inline]
 really_probe+0x23c/0xcd0 drivers/base/dd.c:595
 __driver_probe_device+0x338/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:747
 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1a0 drivers/base/dd.c:777
 __device_attach_driver+0x20b/0x2f0 drivers/base/dd.c:894
 bus_for_each_drv+0x15f/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
 __device_attach+0x228/0x4a0 drivers/base/dd.c:965
 bus_probe_device+0x1e4/0x290 drivers/base/bus.c:487
 device_add+0xc2f/0x2180 drivers/base/core.c:3354
 usb_set_configuration+0x113a/0x1910 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0xba/0x100 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0xd9/0x2c0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41097?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41097 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-2024-41097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41097 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-2024-41097 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-2024-41097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.