cve/2024/CVE-2024-50056.md

### [CVE-2024-50056](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-50056)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:usb: gadget: uvc: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in uvc_v4l2.cFix 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 potentialdereferencing of ERR_PTR().

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/w4zu/Debian_security