CVE-2023-37453
kernel: usb: out-of-bounds read in read_descriptors
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 20, 2023
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read issue was found in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a malicious user to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor releases prior to 8.9.0 and 9.3.0 are not affected by this CVE as they did not include the upstream commit that introduced this flaw: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45bf39f8df7f.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.6CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read