CVE-2024-41035

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: core: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor

Syzbot has identified a bug in usbcore (see the Closes: tag below)

caused by our assumption that the reserved bits in an endpoint

descriptor's bEndpointAddress field will always be 0. As a result of

the bug, the endpoint_is_duplicate() routine in config.c (and possibly

other routines as well) may believe that two descriptors are for

distinct endpoints, even though they have the same direction and

endpoint number. This can lead to confusion, including the bug

identified by syzbot (two descriptors with matching endpoint numbers

and directions, where one was interrupt and the other was bulk).

To fix the bug, we will clear the reserved bits in bEndpointAddress

when we parse the descriptor. (Note that both the USB-2.0 and USB-3.1

specs say these bits are "Reserved, reset to zero".) This requires us

to make a copy of the descriptor earli

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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