Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-5913035
  • published21 Sept 2023
  • disclosed21 Sept 2023

Introduced: 21 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-37453  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-extra to version 5.14.21-150500.55.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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.

CVSS Scores

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