CVE-2023-37453

Published: Jul 6, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.6

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 0.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 6.4.2

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (14)

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f