Description

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Related CPE's

o

linux

linux_kernel

-

Vulnerable

o

redhat

enterprise_linux

3

o

fedoraproject

fedora

37

Vulnerable

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456

Mailing ListPatch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3

Broken Link

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-787

[email protected]

Secondary
CWE-119

CVSS impact metrics

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

6.6 · Medium

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2023-03-27T21:15:10.287

1 year ago

Last modified

2023-11-05T22:15:07.947

8 months ago