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Linux Kernel: 2 exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-53150, CVE-2024-53197)

Linux Kernel

CVE-2024-53150: Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the USB-audio driver that allows a local, privileged attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information. CVE-2024-53197: Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the USB-audio driver that allows an attacker with physical access to the system to use a malicious USB device to potentially manipulate system memory, escalate privileges, or execute arbitrary code. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-04-09.

Why this severity: CVSS 7.8 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started
Apr 9, 2025
Closed
Apr 9, 2025

Affected

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

Fixed in

  • See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

  1. CISA added CVE-2024-53150 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-04-30).

  2. CISA added CVE-2024-53197 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-04-30).

Advisories6

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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