CVE-2018-20169

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-12-17

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.

See more information about CVE-2018-20169 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Physical	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4855	2019-11-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.40.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2019-4854	2019-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4729	2019-07-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4854	2019-11-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4855	2019-11-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.40.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2019-4854	2019-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2020-1016	2020-04-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4729	2019-07-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4854	2019-11-20
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2019-3517	2019-11-14

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