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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20169: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20169: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/17/2018
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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