UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37453

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37453

    Published: 6 Jul 2023Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-37453
    Aliases:
    USN-6415-1
    USN-6534-1
    USN-6534-2

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-37453, https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0, https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/, https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6415-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6534-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6548-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6549-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6635-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37453

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    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
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