{"id":"CVE-2023-37453","title":"An issue was discovered in the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125","CWE-125"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel <= 6.4.2"],"published":"2023-07-06","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T00:16:34.433","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37453","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e4c574225cc5a0553115e5eb5787d1474db5b0f","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=85d07c55621676d47d873d2749b88f783cd4d5a1","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de28e469da75359a2bb8cd8778b78aa64b1be1f4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ff33299ec8bb80cdcc073ad9c506bd79bb2ed20b","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000c0ffe505fe86c9ca%40google.com/T/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000e56434059580f86e%40google.com/T/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=18996170f8096c6174d0","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00631,"epssPercentile":0.49057,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T01:08:04.203Z","slug":"CVE-2023-37453","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel <= 6.4.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":25,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}