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High 2 exploited CVEs ALSA-2025:2473 4 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published Mar 10, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (CVE-2024-50302)
* kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices (CVE-2024-53197)
* kernel: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock (CVE-2024-57807)
* kernel: pps: Fix a use-after-free (CVE-2024-57979)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 bpftool 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.44.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2024-53197 Exploited

    ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configura…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu
    KEV Apr 9, 2025
  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2024-50302 Exploited

    HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer

    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 …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
    KEV Mar 4, 2025
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2024-57979

    pps: Fix a use-after-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pps: Fix a use-after-free On a board running ntpd and gpsd, I'm seeing a consistent use-after-free in sys_exit() from gpsd when rebooting: pps pps1: removed ------------[ cut here ]----------…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2024-57807

    scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix for a potential deadlock This fixes a 'possible circular locking dependency detected' warning CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50302
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53197
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57807
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57979
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327169
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334412
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2337098
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348562
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-2473.html