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Linux Kernel: Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability

Linux Kernel

The Linux kernel contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability that allows an attacker to leak kernel memory via a specially crafted HID report. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-03-04.

Why this severity: CVSS 5.5 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Mar 4, 2025
Closed: Mar 4, 2025
CVE: CVE-2024-50302

Updated Mar 4, 2025

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Mar 4, 2025
CISA added CVE-2024-50302 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-03-25).

Advisories4

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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