External Control of System or Configuration Setting Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNEL-7043165
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2023-52703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-15  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos: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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