CVE-2024-44960NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: core: Check for unset descriptor Make sure the descriptor has been set before looking at maxpacket. This fixes a null pointer panic in this case. This may happen if the gadget doesn't properly set up the endpoint for the current speed, or the gadget descriptors are malformed and the descriptor for the speed/endpoint are not found. No current gadget driver is known to have this problem, but this may cause a hard-

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 Packages10 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.174.4.199+12
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.226-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-200.220+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxd1c188d330ca33cc35d1590441ba276f31144299ba15815dd24cc5ec0d23e2170dc58c7db1e03b4a+13
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

18
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-09
OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities2025-01-09
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-06
OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities2024-12-12
OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities2024-12-12

📋Vendor Advisories

20
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS2025-08-14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities2024-12-12