# CVE-2024-50302: Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource

> A missing zero-initialization in the Linux kernel HID report buffer allows attackers to leak kernel memory via specially crafted reports.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 4 Mar 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** A-380395346, ASB-A-380395346, AZL-53606, AZL-53706, BELL-CVE-2024-50302, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50302, GHSA-9qwc-r24c-26j3, SUSE-SU-2025:0896-1, SUSE-SU-2025:0907-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50302

## What is CVE-2024-50302?

CVE-2024-50302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 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:

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.

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50302?

It affects 5 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_62` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 | All versions | 5-2.1 |
| `kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_50` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 | All versions | 4-150300.2.1 |

Products: Debian Debian Linux, Google Android, Linux kernel, Siemens Simatic S7-1500 Tm Mfp Firmware, Siemens Sinec Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50302?

Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 25 Mar 2025.

## Is CVE-2024-50302 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-50302 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50302 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-50302 in the wild since at least 4 Mar 2025.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2024-50302/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50302/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50302
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50302
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50302

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50302/
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