An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
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Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
December 17, 2018
November 21, 2024
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.142.122) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-aws-hwe (4.15.0.1047.47) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.142.148) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (4.15.0.58.79) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-957.56.1.el7 | 2020-07-07 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.69.1.rt56.667.el6rt | 2020-07-01 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-693.69.1.el7 | 2020-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7 | 2020-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-1127.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 | 2020-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-147.rt24.93.el8 | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-147.el8 | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
RHSA-2019:3309 — Moderate
RHSA-2019:3517 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:1016 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:1070 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:2522 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:2770 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:2777 — Moderate
RHSA-2020:2851 — Moderate
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