CVE-2024-50056
kernel: usb: gadget: uvc: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in uvc_v4l2.c
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: uvc: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in uvc_v4l2.c
Fix potential dereferencing of ERR_PTR() in find_format_by_pix() and uvc_v4l2_enum_format().
Fix the following smatch errors:
drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c:124 find_format_by_pix() error: 'fmtdesc' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_v4l2.c:392 uvc_v4l2_enum_format() error: 'fmtdesc' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
Also, fix similar issue in uvc_v4l2_try_format() for potential dereferencing of ERR_PTR().
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference