CVE-2024-50302
MEDIUMHID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Description
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.
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