CVE-2024-53197
Published 2024-12-27 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Summary
CVE-2024-53197 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 9, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 30, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Linux has 32 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
All 32 known-exploited Linux vulnerabilities →Description
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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Linux — Kernel
Name: Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
Date added: 2025-04-09 · Due: 2025-04-30
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d