CVE-2023-37453
An issue was discovered in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2.
Published Jul 6, 2023 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · linux linux kernel
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.
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Jul 6, 2023 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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
- cpe linux/linux kernelversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-37453
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-37453
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-37453
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.
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