Threats / Linux / CVE-2024-50302
CVE-2024-50302
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Linux Kernel vulnerability
The Linux kernel contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability allowing attackers to leak kernel memory through specially crafted HID reports.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A local attacker can exploit uninitialized memory in the kernel's HID subsystem to disclose sensitive kernel data, potentially enabling further privilege escalation or system compromise.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
6 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-03-04).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.00809 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Linux, Kernel. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious HID report to trigger uninitialized memory access in the kernel.
Business
Kernel memory disclosure exposes sensitive data that could compromise system security posture.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I read leaked kernel memory to identify addresses and sensitive information for further exploitation.
Business
Information disclosure undermines defense mechanisms like ASLR and enables targeted privilege escalation attacks.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I use the leaked kernel addresses to construct follow-up exploits targeting kernel code or data structures.
Business
Chained exploitation leads to unauthorized code execution with kernel privileges, enabling full system compromise.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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