CVE-2024-53197ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 9, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 30, 2025. Treat that date as your deadline.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Apr 9, 2025; federal remediation due Apr 30, 2025Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 4.12% (percentile 91)
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 builds before 0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca; and 1 more ranges | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 2.6.12 before 4.19.325; from 4.20 before 5.4.287; from 5.5 before 5.10.231; from 5.11 before 5.15.174; from 5.16 before 6.1.120; from 6.2 before 6.6.64; from 6.7 before 6.11.11; from 6.12 before 6.12.2 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 11.0 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bccapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.htmlmailing-list
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.htmlmailing-list
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53197us-government-resource
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