# CVE-2024-56545: HID: hyperv: streamline driver probe to avoid devres issues

> A missing devres group allocation in the Hyper-V HID driver causes a kernel warning and potential crash when the module is unloaded.

- **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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-56545, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56545, GHSA-r47r-3q5h-27v7, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56545

## What is CVE-2024-56545?

CVE-2024-56545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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: hyperv: streamline driver probe to avoid devres issues

It was found that unloading 'hid_hyperv' module results in a devres
complaint:

 ...
 hv_vmbus: unregistering driver hid_hyperv
 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3983 at drivers/base/devres.c:691 devres_release_group+0x1f2/0x2c0
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? devres_release_group+0x1f2/0x2c0
  ? __warn+0xd1/0x1c0
  ? devres_release_group+0x1f2/0x2c0
  ? report_bug+0x32a/0x3c0
  ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0
  ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x50
  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
  ? devres_release_group+0x1f2/0x2c0
  ? devres_release_group+0x90/0x2c0
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x15/0xb0
  ? __pfx_devres_release_group+0x10/0x10
  hid_device_remove+0xf5/0x220
  device_release_driver_internal+0x371/0x540
  ? klist_put+0xf3/0x170
  bus_remove_device+0x1f1/0x3f0
  device_del+0x33f/0x8c0
  ? __pfx_device_del+0x10/0x10
  ? cleanup_srcu_struct+0x337/0x500
  hid_destroy_device+0xc8/0x130
  mousevsc_remove+0xd2/0x1d0 [hid_hyperv]
  device_release_driver_internal+0x371/0x540
  driver_detach+0xc5/0x180
  bus_remove_driver+0x11e/0x2a0
  ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x160/0x5e0
  vmbus_driver_unregister+0x62/0x2b0 [hv_vmbus]
  ...

And the issue seems to be that the corresponding devres group is not
allocated. Normally, devres_open_group() is called from
__hid_device_probe() but Hyper-V HID driver overrides 'hid_dev->driver'
with 'mousevsc_hid_driver' stub and basically re-implements
__hid_device_probe() by calling hid_parse() and hid_hw_start() but not
devres_open_group(). hid_device_probe() does not call __hid_device_probe()
for it. Later, when the driver is removed, hid_device_remove() calls
devres_release_group() as it doesn't check whether hdev->driver was
initially overridden or not.

The issue seems to be related to the commit 62c68e7cee33 ("HID: ensure
timely release of driver-allocated resources") but the commit itself seems
to be correct.

Fix the issue by dropping the 'hid_dev->driver' override and using
hid_register_driver()/hid_unregister_driver() instead. Alternatively, it
would have been possible to rely on the default handling but
HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT implies HID_CONNECT_HIDRAW and it doesn't seem to work
for mousevsc as-is.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56545?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56545?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56545 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-56545 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-2024-56545/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56545/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56545
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56545
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56545

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