CVE-2024-50302

MEDIUMNVD 5.59.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-03-04), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer

Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EPSS
53.1%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

November 19, 2024

Last Modified

May 12, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated May 20, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4075-1] linux security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4008-1] linux-6.1 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552
generic

HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1072.70) @ jammy2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1129.142~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1058 (5.4.0-1058.62) @ focal2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips (4.4.0.1112.113) @ xenial2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-iot (5.4.0.1048.46) @ focal2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04b (6.11.0-1015.15) @ noble2026-07-22ubuntu
redhatrhcos-416.94.202503252048-02025-04-03redhat
redhatrhcos-413.92.202503112237-02025-03-20redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202503100617-02025-03-19redhat
redhatrhcos-415.92.202503060749-02025-03-13redhat
redhatrhcos-412.86.202503052321-02025-03-13redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202503060903-02025-03-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-193.146.1.el8_22025-03-11redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202503061016-02025-03-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_52025-03-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-372.141.1.el8_62025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.133.1.el72025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-754.56.1.el62025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.44.1.rt7.385.el8_102025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-477.93.1.el8_82025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.133.1.rt56.1285.el72025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-70.125.1.el9_02025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.108.1.rt14.393.el9_22025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.125.1.rt21.197.el9_02025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.59.1.el9_42025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.108.1.el9_22025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1062.93.1.el72025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-305.151.1.el8_42025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_102025-03-10redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.151.1.rt7.228.el8_42025-03-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 109× in last 7d / 440× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-07-22 20:25 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-22 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  4. 2026-07-22 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-22 16:36 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-22 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-22 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-22 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-22 09:00 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-22 09:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-22 05:13 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-22 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 01:25 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 01:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-21 21:36 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 17:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-21 17:48 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-21 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  24. 2026-07-21 14:01 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-21 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-21 10:10 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-21 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-21 06:21 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-21 06:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-21 02:34 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-21 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-20 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-20 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-20 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-20 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-20 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-20 17:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-20 15:10 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-20 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-20 11:22 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-20 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-20 07:33 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-20 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-20 03:44 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-20 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-19 23:56 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-19 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-19 20:09 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-19 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-19 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-07-19 16:20 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-19 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-19 12:32 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-19 12:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-19 08:43 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-07-19 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-19 04:55 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-07-19 04:55 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-19 04:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-19 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-19 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-18 21:19 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-07-18 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-18 17:29 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-18 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-18 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-07-18 13:42 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-07-18 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-07-18 09:53 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-07-18 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-18 06:05 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-07-18 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-18 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-18 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-17 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-17 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-17 18:41 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-17 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-17 14:54 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-17 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-17 11:06 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-07-17 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-07-17 07:18 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-07-17 07:18 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-17 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-07-17 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-17 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-07-16 23:42 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-16 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-16 19:54 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-07-16 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  74. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-07-16 16:07 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2024-50302?
CVE-2024-50302 is a medium vulnerability published on November 19, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via…
When was CVE-2024-50302 disclosed?
CVE-2024-50302 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 19, 2024, with the most recent update on May 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-50302 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2024-50302 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 4, 2025, affecting Linux Kernel. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-50302?
CVE-2024-50302 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2024-50302?
CVE-2024-50302 affects Linux Kernel. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2024-50302?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-50302, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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