CVE-2024-38619 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV5.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 20
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized
The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0
if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors
in alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba().
- Add a member "media_initialized" to struct alauda_info.
- Change a condition in alauda_check_media() to ensure the
first initialization.
- Add an error check for the return value of alauda_init_media…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f — e0aab7b07a9375337847c9d74a5ec044071e01c8+8
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
25OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06