# CVE-2024-45011: char: xillybus: Check USB endpoints when probing device

> A missing check in the XillyUSB driver allows a malicious device to cause a null pointer dereference, 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:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49203, AZL-49254, BELL-CVE-2024-45011, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45011, GHSA-xg5q-q7c3-jvmv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45011

## What is CVE-2024-45011?

CVE-2024-45011 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Sep 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:

char: xillybus: Check USB endpoints when probing device

Ensure, as the driver probes the device, that all endpoints that the
driver may attempt to access exist and are of the correct type.

All XillyUSB devices must have a Bulk IN and Bulk OUT endpoint at
address 1. This is verified in xillyusb_setup_base_eps().

On top of that, a XillyUSB device may have additional Bulk OUT
endpoints. The information about these endpoints' addresses is deduced
from a data structure (the IDT) that the driver fetches from the device
while probing it. These endpoints are checked in setup_channels().

A XillyUSB device never has more than one IN endpoint, as all data
towards the host is multiplexed in this single Bulk IN endpoint. This is
why setup_channels() only checks OUT endpoints.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45011?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45011?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-45011 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45011 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45011 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45011 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Sep 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-2024-45011 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-2024-45011/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45011/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45011
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45011
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45011

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45011/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.