VulnerabilityPublished 27 Dec 2024Updated 29 Oct 2026

CVE-2024-56629: Linux kernel · HID: wacom: fix when get product name maybe null pointer

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1 : update Linux kernel when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:35 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1, 5.4.0-1147.154~18.04.1, 5.4.0-1145.154~18.04.1 +83

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Dec 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Patches and advisories

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-58.60	Fixed in 6.8.0-58.60
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-aws`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1027.29	Fixed in 6.8.0-1027.29
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1027.32	Fixed in 6.8.0-1027.32
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure-6.11`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1	Fixed in 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azure-nvidia`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1014.15	Fixed in 6.8.0-1014.15
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gcp`pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp?arch=source&distro=noble`Other threats	Affected <6.8.0-1028.30	Fixed in 6.8.0-1028.30

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: fix when get product name maybe null pointer Due to incorrect dev->product reporting by certain devices, null pointer dereferences occur when dev->product is empty, leading to potential system crashes. This issue was found on EXCELSIOR DL37-D05 device with Loongson-LS3A6000-7A2000-DL37 motherboard. Kernel logs: [ 56.470885] usb 4-3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ohci-pci [ 56.671638] usb 4-3: string descriptor 0 read error: -22 [ 56.671644] usb 4-3: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=0374, bcdDevice= 1.07 [ 56.671647] usb 4-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 56.678839] hid-generic 0003:056A:0374.0004: hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 056a:0374] on usb-0000:00:05.0-3/input0 [ 56.697719] CPU 2 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000, era == 90000000066e35c8, ra == ffff800004f98a80 [ 56.697732] Oops[#1]: [ 56.697734] CPU: 2 PID: 2742 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: G OE 6.6.0-loong64-desktop #25.00.2000.015 [ 56.697737] Hardware name: Inspur CE520L2/C09901N000000000, BIOS 2.09.00 10/11/2024 [ 56.697739] pc 90000000066e35c8 ra ffff800004f98a80 tp 9000000125478000 sp 900000012547b8a0 [ 56.697741] a0 0000000000000000 a1 ffff800004818b28 a2 0000000000000000 a3 0000000000000000 [ 56.697743] a4 900000012547b8f0 a5 0000000000000000 a6 0000000000000000 a7 0000000000000000 [ 56.697745] t0 ffff800004818b2d t1 0000000000000000 t2 0000000000000003 t3 0000000000000005 [ 56.697747] t4 0000000000000000 t5 0000000000000000 t6 0000000000000000 t7 0000000000000000 [ 56.697748] t8 0000000000000000 u0 0000000000000000 s9 0000000000000000 s0 900000011aa48028 [ 56.697750] s1 0000000000000000 s2 0000000000000000 s3 ffff800004818e80 s4 ffff800004810000 [ 56.697751] s5 90000001000b98d0 s6 ffff800004811f88 s7 ffff800005470440 s8 0000000000000000 [ 56.697753] ra: ffff800004f98a80 wacom_update_name+0xe0/0x300 [wacom] [ 56.697802] ERA: 90000000066e35c8 strstr+0x28/0x120 [ 56.697806] CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE) [ 56.697816] PRMD: 0000000c (PPLV0 +PIE +PWE) [ 56.697821] EUEN: 00000000 (-FPE -SXE -ASXE -BTE) [ 56.697827] ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7) [ 56.697831] ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0) [ 56.697835] BADV: 0000000000000000 [ 56.697836] PRID: 0014d000 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3A6000) [ 56.697838] Modules linked in: wacom(+) bnep bluetooth rfkill qrtr nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_codec_generic ledtrig_audio snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore input_leds mousedev led_class joydev deepin_netmonitor(OE) fuse nfnetlink dmi_sysfs ip_tables x_tables overlay amdgpu amdxcp drm_exec gpu_sched drm_buddy radeon drm_suballoc_helper i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper r8169 ttm drm_display_helper spi_loongson_pci xhci_pci cec xhci_pci_renesas spi_loongson_core hid_generic realtek gpio_loongson_64bit [ 56.697887] Process (udev-worker) (pid: 2742, threadinfo=00000000aee0d8b4, task=00000000a9eff1f3) [ 56.697890] Stack : 0000000000000000 ffff800004817e00 0000000000000000 0000251c00000000 [ 56.697896] 0000000000000000 00000011fffffffd 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 56.697901] 0000000000000000 1b67a968695184b9 0000000000000000 90000001000b98d0 [ 56.697906] 90000001000bb8d0 900000011aa48028 0000000000000000 ffff800004f9d74c [ 56.697911] 90000001000ba000 ffff800004f9ce58 0000000000000000 ffff800005470440 [ 56.697916] ffff800004811f88 90000001000b98d0 9000000100da2aa8 90000001000bb8d0 [ 56.697921] 0000000000000000 90000001000ba000 900000011aa48028 ffff800004f9d74c [ 56.697926] ffff8000054704e8 90000001000bb8b8 90000001000ba000 0000000000000000 [ 56.697931] 90000001000bb8d0 ---truncated---

GCVE source: db.gcve.eu
OSV ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56629
Osv Schema Version: 1.7.0
Ecosystems: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-preview:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:22.04:LTS, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS, Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS
CVSS version: 3.1

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