CVE-2024-50056

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().

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-50056 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-50056.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03fa71e97e9bb116993ec1d51b8a6fe776db0984
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a68d2bede3284b95ee93a5ab3a81758bba95b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7bb96b18864225a694e3887ac2733159489e4b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedeb36c3ff4acd0f3d09918dfd8ed1df05efdd6
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102135-CVE-2024-50056-78bf@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50056
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50056