CVE-2023-4010
Kernel: usb: hcd: malformed usb descriptor leads to infinite loop in usb_giveback_urb()
Severity Score
4.6
*CVSS v3.1
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*EPSS
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*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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Descriptions
A flaw was found in the USB Host Controller Driver framework in the Linux kernel. The usb_giveback_urb function has a logic loophole in its implementation. Due to the inappropriate judgment condition of the goto statement, the function cannot return under the input of a specific malformed descriptor file, so it falls into an endless loop, resulting in a denial of service.
*Credits:
Red Hat would like to thank Yilin Zhou (Wuhan University) for reporting this issue.
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Timeline
- 2023-07-31 CVE Reserved
- 2023-07-31 CVE Published
- 2025-03-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CAPEC
References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4010 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227726 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://github.com/wanrenmi/a-usb-kernel-bug | 2025-03-05 |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | - | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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