CVE-2023-52703 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-7415437
  • published2 Jul 2024
  • disclosed2 Jul 2024

Introduced: 2 Jul 2024

CVE-2023-52703  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/usb: kalmia: Don't pass act_len in usb_bulk_msg error path

syzbot reported that act_len in kalmia_send_init_packet() is uninitialized when passing it to the first usb_bulk_msg error path. Jiri Pirko noted that it's pointless to pass it in the error path, and that the value that would be printed in the second error path would be the value of act_len from the first call to usb_bulk_msg.[1]

With this in mind, let's just not pass act_len to the usb_bulk_msg error paths.

1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y9pY61y1nwTuzMOa@nanopsycho/

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