Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-5828165
- published 8 Aug 2023
- disclosed 20 Jun 2023
Introduced: 20 Jun 2023
CVE-2023-37453 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
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 Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37453
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca@google.com/T/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e@google.com/T/
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b
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