Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-libbpf-devel package, versions <0:6.1.119-129.201.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIBBPFDEVEL-9522262
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed19 Nov 2024

Introduced: 19 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50302  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-libbpf-devel to version 0:6.1.119-129.201.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-802.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-libbpf-devel package and not the kernel-libbpf-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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