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.
CVE-2023-37453
Score 4.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-07-06. NVD baseline CVSS 4.6; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.6
- EG Score
- 4.6(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 46.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 6, 2023
Last Modified
May 5, 2025
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b
- cve@mitrehttps://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/
- cve@mitrehttps://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/
- cve@mitrehttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-37453(2)
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Patch Availability(18)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-374532023-07-14
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2950MODERATE2023-06-20
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