CVE-2013-2058

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    CVE-2013-2058

    Published: 4 Nov 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.

    References: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High