CVE-2024-44960 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-44960

usb: gadget: core: Check for unset descriptor

Vulnerability 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-to-find bug during development of new gadgets.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
d1c188d330ca33cc35d1590441ba276f31144299, 54f83b8c8ea9b22082a496deadf90447a326954e, d7e3f2fe01372eb914d0e451f0e7a46cbcb98f9e, 85c9ece11264499890d0e9f0dee431ac1bda981c, fc71e39a6c07440e6968227f3db1988f45d7a7b7, 94f5de2eefae22c449e367c2dacafe869af73e3f, 8212b44b7109bd30dbf7eb7f5ecbbc413757a7d7, 4.19.82, 3.16.80, 4.4.199, 4.9.199, 4.14.152, 5.3.9, 5.4, 0, 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105, 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11

Timeline

Official Publish: September 4th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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