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CVE-2024-39509

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-07-12
Fix available
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: remove unnecessary WARN_ON() in implement() Syzkaller hit a warning [1] in a call to implement() when trying to write a value into a field of smaller size in an output report. Since implement() already has a warn message printed out with the help of hid_warn() and value in question gets trimmed with: ... value &= m; ... WARN_ON may be considered superfluous. Remove it to suppress future syzkaller triggers. [1] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5084 at drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1451 implement drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1451 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5084 at drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1451 hid_output_report+0x548/0x760 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1863 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5084 Comm: syz-executor424 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-00183-gcf87f46fd34d #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024 RIP: 0010:implement drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1451 [inline] RIP: 0010:hid_output_report+0x548/0x760 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1863 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __usbhid_submit_report drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:591 [inline] usbhid_submit_report+0x43d/0x9e0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:636 hiddev_ioctl+0x138b/0x1f00 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:726 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:904 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:890 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f ...

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-617

Attacker-controllable input can reach an assertion that aborts the process when it fails, so a check meant for debugging becomes a denial-of-service in production. A single crafted request takes the service down. The fix is to handle unexpected input gracefully on reachable paths rather than asserting on it.

General guidance for the reachable assertion class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.7, < 4.19.317>= 4.20, < 5.4.279>= 5.5, < 5.10.221>= 5.11, < 5.15.162>= 5.16, < 6.1.95>= 6.2, < 6.6.35>= 6.7, < 6.9.6= 6.10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.19.317 / 5.4.279 / 5.10.221 or later
Fixed in 4.19.3175.4.2795.10.221
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence
  1. Apply kernel patch commit 30f76bc468b9b2cbbd5d3eb482661e3e4798893f to remove the unnecessary WARN_ON() in the implement() function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c
  2. The patch removes the WARN_ON() call at line 1451 of hid-core.c that was triggering when a value is written into a field of smaller size in an output report
  3. After applying the patch, rebuild and deploy the kernel

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