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CVE-2018-20169 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink 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 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-20169
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2018
NVD Last Modified:
03/04/2024
Source:
MITRE