SB2025050260 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge update for Linux kernel
Published: May 2, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025050260
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50302)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the hid_alloc_report_buf() function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Android devices.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.