CVE-2024-53150 | ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sources The current USB-audio driver code doesn't check bLength of each descriptor at traversing for clock descriptors. That is, when a device provides a bogus descriptor with a shorter bLength, the driver might hit out-of-bounds reads. For addressing it, this patch adds sanity checks to the validator functions for the clock descriptor traversal. When the descriptor length is shorter than expected, it's skipped in the loop. For the clock source and clock multiplier descriptors, we can just check bLength against the sizeof() of each descriptor type. OTOH, the clock selector descriptor of UAC2 and UAC3 has an array of bNrInPins elements and two more fields at its tail, hence those have to be checked in addition to the sizeof() check.

Published: 2024-12-24 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-53150 is rated Critical Active Threat (81/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2025-04-09) affecting Linux / Kernel. a weakness (CWE-125) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2024-53150

Name: Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2025-04-09

Action 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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-53150

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-19 1.01% 1.12% +0.11%
2 2026-05-17 1.12% 1.01% -0.10%
3 2026-03-25 1.12%

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-53150

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.2 [email protected]
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-53150

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-53150

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-53150 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53150
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53150
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53150/
ubuntu high CVE-2024-53150 high priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 212, ignored 147, not-affected 45, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53150

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-53150

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel < 5.4.287 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.231 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.174 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.120 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.64 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.11 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-53150

URL Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/096bb5b43edf755bc4477e64004fa3a20539ec2f Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a92cbc88e4013bfed7fd2ccab3ade45f8e896b Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cb86e1006c5437b1d90084d22018da30fddc77 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3dd4d63eeb452cfb064a13862fb376ab108f6a6 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a632bdcb359fd8145e86486ff8612da98e239acd Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab011f7439d9bbfd34fd3b9cef4b2d6d952c9bb9 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da13ade87a12dd58829278bc816a61bea06a56a9 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0fa76f61cf8e932d1d26e6193513230816e11d Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html Mailing List
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53150 US Government Resource
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