Bug 2221039 (CVE-2023-37453) - CVE-2023-37453 kernel: usb: out-of-bounds read in read_descriptors
Summary: CVE-2023-37453 kernel: usb: out-of-bounds read in read_descriptors
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-37453
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Depends On: 2221041 2221042 2229757 2229758 2229759
Blocks: 2221040
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-07-07 05:58 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2024-05-02 22:49 UTC (History)
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An out-of-bounds read issue was found in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a malicious user to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition.
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Last Closed: 2023-08-08 01:04:04 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:2634 0 None None None 2024-05-01 01:21:54 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:2650 0 None None None 2024-05-02 00:14:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:2686 0 None None None 2024-05-02 22:49:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2394 0 None None None 2024-04-30 10:10:28 UTC

Description Rohit Keshri 2023-07-07 05:58:26 UTC 
An issue was discovered in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2. There is an out-of-bounds and crash in read_descriptors in drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c.

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0
https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca@google.com/T/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e@google.com/T/
Comment 4 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-08-07 15:00:28 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2229757]
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-08 01:04:01 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-37453
Comment 16 Justin M. Forbes 2023-09-25 16:37:48 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.4.16 stable kernel updates.
Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 10:10:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2394 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
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