FKIE_CVE-2023-1073

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-03-27 21:15 - Updated: 2025-04-23 17:16
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel -
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
fedoraproject fedora 37
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