CVE-2018-20169

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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-12-17 07:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:01


NVD link : CVE-2018-20169

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20169

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20169


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption