{"cve":"CVE-2024-56769","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-06T17:15:44.063","modified":"2026-06-17T08:12:56.870","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: dvb-frontends: dib3000mb: fix uninit-value in dib3000_write_reg\n\nSyzbot reports [1] an uninitialized value issue found by KMSAN in\ndib3000_read_reg().\n\nLocal u8 rb[2] is used in i2c_transfer() as a read buffer; in case\nthat call fails, the buffer may end up with some undefined values.\n\nSince no elaborate error handling is expected in dib3000_write_reg(),\nsimply zero out rb buffer to mitigate the problem.\n\n[1] Syzkaller report\ndvb-usb: bulk message failed: -22 (6/0)\n=====================================================\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dib3000mb_attach+0x2d8/0x3c0 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib3000mb.c:758\n dib3000mb_attach+0x2d8/0x3c0 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib3000mb.c:758\n dibusb_dib3000mb_frontend_attach+0x155/0x2f0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-mb.c:31\n dvb_usb_adapter_frontend_init+0xed/0x9a0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dvb.c:290\n dvb_usb_adapter_init drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:90 [inline]\n dvb_usb_init drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:186 [inline]\n dvb_usb_device_init+0x25a8/0x3760 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c:310\n dibusb_probe+0x46/0x250 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-mb.c:110\n...\nLocal variable rb created at:\n dib3000_read_reg+0x86/0x4e0 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib3000mb.c:54\n dib3000mb_attach+0x123/0x3c0 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/dib3000mb.c:758\n...","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035772fcd631eee2756b31cb6df249c0a8d453d7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6de21f00293d819b5ca6dbe75ff1f3b6392140","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd59fe0e19e1ab955259978082b62e5751924c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3876e3a1c31a58a352c6bf5d2a90e3304445a637","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53106510736e734ce8b731ba871363389bfbf4c9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56769","score":0.00229,"percentile":0.13776,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}